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Dillwyn & Co., Cambrian Pottery (1811 - 1817 and 1824 - 1850)
Plate, earthenware, circular shape, tapering foot-rim slanting inwards with an incised ring around it, curving sides and spreading rim, a raised edge to the well, waved rim; transfer-printed in blue with to the centre of the well the 'Neapolitan' pattern showing a seated female figure playing a lyre against a parkland landscape with an urn, a classical building, and swans on a lake, the scene enclosed within a wreath of feathery foliage, wide border to the rim and spreading down the sides of the well of alternating floral sprays and urns with flowers on a perforated lattice-work ground.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34605
Creation/Production
Dillwyn & Co., Cambrian Pottery
Date: 1836-1850
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.7
diam
(cm): 25.6
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 10
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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