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Tureen, cream
Cream tureen, soft-paste porcelain, greenish paste with creamy brown translucency, wide spreading foot ring, oval body shaped into four lobes and with rounded sides, two short scroll handles; each side painted with an oval titled view in polychrome: 'A Mile from Hafod', featuring a high arched bridge over the River Ystwyth with rocks in the foreground and wooded hills to each side, and 'Hafod', featuring the confluence of the River Ystwyth and a stream (probably the River Peiran) cascading over rocks, both framed with a blue line edged with gold and gilded sprays, the rim with gilded pendant leaves below a blue border with gilded dentil edge, gilded bands round the waist and foot, gilding on the handles.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 37276
Acquisition
Purchase - ass. of Friends of NMW, 24/6/2004
Purchased with the assistance of a bequest made by Jennifer Davies through the Friends of the National Museums & Galleries of Wales, 2004
Measurements
Height
(cm): 7.6
Width
(cm): 18
Depth
(cm): 11.5
Height
(in): 3
Width
(in): 7
Depth
(in): 4
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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