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Dish, dessert
Nantgarw China Works (1813 - 1822)
Randall, Thomas Martin (born 1786)
Dessert dish, oval, Nantgarw porcelain, press-moulded, white body with good clear translucency and lustrous glaze, extensively overpainted (now discoloured), standing on a shallow foot rim, plain rim, the lip moulded in six large and six small lobes; painted in the centre with a mallard drake, swimming wreathed in flowers and reeds, a second smaller bird, black head, purple body and blue tail perched to right, a landscape with tree behind, all in an elaborate quatrefoil gilt cartouche comprising four rayed C-scrolls, containing sprays of polychrome flowers, and linked by large gilt scallops amid tulip sprays and ribbons, deckel gilding to lip.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31338
Creation/Production
Nantgarw China Works
Randall, Thomas Martin
Date: 1818-1820 –
Acquisition
Purchase, 1899
Measurements
Height
(cm): 4.4
Length
(cm): 29.6
Width
(cm): 21.2
Height
(in): 1
Length
(in): 11
Width
(in): 8
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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