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Nantgarw China Works (1813 - 1822)
PARDOE, Thomas (Thomas Pardoe was employed as a painter at the Cambrian Pottery, Swansea, from about 1795 to 1809. He then worked freelance in Bristol before returning to Wales in the winter of 1820-21 where he decorated the remaining stock of porcelain at the Nantgarw China Works until his death.)
Plate, soft-paste porcelain, circular shape with squared-off round foot-rim, cushion-moulded sides and spreading rim, the rim lobed; painted in greens, purples and browns with to the centre of the well a scene showing two pheasants perched on a spreading branch against a moorland landscape with a pine tree and distant mountains, to the rim three panels with arcaded gilt cartouches showing pairs of birds perching on branches, the panels interspersed with a gilt marbled decoration on a deep blue ground, gilt bands to the edge of the well and the outer rim.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30468
Creation/Production
Nantgarw China Works
PARDOE, Thomas
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 3
diam
(cm): 21.5
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 8
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
glaze
Location
Currently on loan
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