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Nantgarw China Works (1813 - 1822)
Cream jug, soft-paste porcelain, clear white translucency , lustrous glaze. Circular, standing on a shallow rounded foot, flattened bun-shape body with pronounced mould lines, shallow vertical lip and upturned spout, flattened loop handle. Decorated with a gilt band at the foot and neck, lower part of the body white, with a gilt band of pendant loops and rays, the remainder with an unevenly applied blue-green ground ornamented with an oeil de perdrix pattern (reserves of gilt spots within a border of blue dots) reserved with three oval panels painted with roses and garden flowers within a border of gilt beads, the outer face of the handle gilded, and a gilt shell and rays inside the spout.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 32292
Creation/Production
Nantgarw China Works
Date: 1818 ca
Acquisition
Bequest, 26/5/1994
Measurements
Height
(cm): 7.9
diam
(cm): 11.5
l(cm) handle to spout:15.5
l(cm)
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 4
l(in) handle to spout:6 1/8
l(in)
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
painted
decoration
Applied Art
enamels
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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