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Plate
Plate, earthenware, circular shape with slightly inset base, curving sides and spreading rim, eight shallow notches and lobes to the rim; transfer-printed in blue with the 'Ne Plus Ultra' pattern, in the centre a female figure seated on a bench, holding a lyre, surrounded by scrolled rococo style flowers and foliage and with a vista of a sailing ship on an expanse of water in front of three mountain peaks, the rim printed in blue with female figures with baskets of flowers seated in front of a lake and mountain background, interspersed with scrolling foliage and floral motifs issuing from a looping, scrolled border with a border of groups of three dots on a blue ground to the outer rim.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31532
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 1.7
diam
(cm): 14.8
Height
(in): 11
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
glaze
Location
In store
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