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Vase
Dillwyn & Co., Cambrian Pottery (1811 - 1817 and 1824 - 1850)
Vase, earthware, Ancient Greek pelike-form, standing on a spreading foot with bulbous body, sloping shoulder and broad turned-over rim, twin plain upright handles; the decoration reserved against a black enamel ground, so that the red earthenware body is revealed, this then transfer-printed in black, to one side of the main body a winged cupid-like figure reclining against a pile of draperies with a bow besides him and to the other side a figure of a semi-naked dancing girl, a running chevron border to the rim.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31820
Creation/Production
Dillwyn & Co., Cambrian Pottery
Date: 1847-1850
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 25.8
diam
(cm): 15.9
Height
(in): 10
diam
(in): 6
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
glaze
Location
In store
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