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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, eight shallow notches and lobes to the rim; transfer-printed in blue with to the centre of the well the 'Castled Gatehouse' pattern, dominating the scene a castle gateway with twin towers under which two figures pass, in the foreground are further figures and cattle, to one side of the gateway a bridge crosses over a moat, trees and bushes are to both sides of the scene, wide elaborare border to the rim of ornate scrolls, flower heads, fleur-de-lys and garlanded foliage all on a blue ground.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31805
Creation/Production
Dillwyn & Co., Cambrian Pottery
Date: 1836-1850 ca
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.6
diam
(cm): 22.7
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 8
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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