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Plate, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain with a pale green translucency; foot rim curving into flared spreading sides; transfer printed in underglaze blue, with the so-called 'Elephant pattern' - a Chinoiserie style landscape with a willow tree, two large flowers, and a fret-work fence surrounding a garden containing two intricately shaped bushes; around the edge, a narrow border of a florette trellis, with Chinoiserie flowers below, and an inner continuous scroll and rising sun pattern; underglaze blue print outlined and detailed in gilt, and a gilt band to the lip.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31029
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Gift, 13/10/1926
Given by E.M. Bythway
Measurements
Height
(cm): 3
diam
(cm): 20.7
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 8
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
underglaze blue
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
gilding
Location
In store
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