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Dillwyn & Co., Cambrian Pottery (1811 - 1817 and 1824 - 1850)
Plate, earthenware, standing on a rounded foot rim, curving sides and spreading rim, moulded with a large vine leaf, extending from the centre to the rim, issuing layered foliage and radiating patterns of veins from a curving central stalk, on a basketwork ground apparent on sections of the outer rim not covered by the leaf; transfer-printed in blue with the 'Cows crossing a stream' pattern, in the foreground a male figure drives three cattle across a stream by the side of a bridge, in the background are farm-like buildings and trees, a wide border spreading up the sides of the well and onto the rim of flowers and foliage, a narrow hound's tooth border to the outer rim.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31661
Creation/Production
Dillwyn & Co., Cambrian Pottery
Date: 1825-1840
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.7
diam
(cm): 21
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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