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Chambers, William South Wales Pottery (1839 - 1855)
Platter, earthenware, oblong shape with flat base, curving sides and spreading rim, a raised edge to the well, eight notches and lobes to the rim; transfer-printed in blue with the 'Damask border' pattern, to the centre of the well a scene showing two figures standing in an Italianate landscape with trees, an aquaduct, a distant village and mountains, to the rim a wide border with a watered blue ground between a band of small scrolls and a band of foliate scrolls enclosing small panels with figures and animals. Several large chips to the rim, a crack extends down the rim and across the base.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31977
Creation/Production
Chambers, William South Wales Pottery
Date: 1840-1855
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 3.2
Length
(cm): 32.6
Width
(cm): 27.8
Height
(cm): 1
Length
(cm): 12
Width
(cm): 10
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
glaze
Location
In store
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