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Young, William Weston (William Weston Young (1776-1847), cousin of the physician, physicist and Egyptologist Thomas Young, pursued a varied career not only as an entrepreneur, surveyor and botanist but also as an artist. Between 1803 and 1806 he was employed by Lewis Weston Dillwyn as a draughtsman for his scientific publications, but he also worked as a painter at the Cambrian Pottery. His painting on ceramics is distinguished by its precise detailed manner and by the intellectual interests it demonstrates, whether cultural (such as bards and druids) or scientific (such as birds, butterflies and animals).)
Pardoe, Thomas (1770-1823)
Tall cylindrical mug, recessed base, C-scroll handle with feathered thumbpiece and scroll moulding; the front painted in sepia with an oval reserve of a bard, half-length, head to left, white hair and beard blowing in the wind, a harp on his shoulder to right, framed in two gilt lines a band of linked dotted ovals between, horizontal line at base and lip, gilt spray of flowers and foliage on each side, one with butterfly above, handle mouldings also gilded.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30118
Creation/Production
Young, William Weston
Pardoe, Thomas
Acquisition
Gift, 9/2/1951
Measurements
Height
(cm): 15.5
Depth
(cm): 11.3
Length
(cm): 16.5
Height
(in): 6
Depth
(in): 4
Length
(in): 6
Techniques
Wheel-thrown
Forming
Applied Art
Painted
Decoration
Applied Art
Enamels
Decoration
Applied Art
Gilded
Decoration
Applied Art
Material
Pearlware
Location
On Display
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