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Dillwyn & Co., Cambrian Pottery (1811 - 1817 and 1824 - 1850)
Plate, earthenware, in the form of an Ancient Greek patera, incised foot-rim, deeply curving sides, everted rim, incised lines around the exterior and interior rim; the decoration reserved against a black enamel ground so that the red earthenware body is revealed, this then transfer-printed in black with to the centre of the well a figure of a semi-naked dancing girl within an octagonal border of circular dots, border to the well of anthemions within scrolling lines, border to the rim of round-ended oblongs interspersed with dots and lines.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31846
Creation/Production
Dillwyn & Co., Cambrian Pottery
Date: 1847-1850
Acquisition
Purchase, 1896
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.6
diam
(cm): 21.4
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 8
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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