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Dillwyn & Co., Cambrian Pottery (1811 - 1817 and 1824 - 1850)
Brindley, James (see E Morton Nance 'The Pottery and Porcelain of Swansea and Nanatgarw' (London) 1942 p539-40)
Pearlware jug, wheel-thrown, footring, ovoid body, cylindrical neck, slightly upturned spout, curved and angled moulded handle. Neck inscribed BONAPARTE (spout) DETHRON'D April 1st 1814'. Body printed with a complex on-glaze cartoon showing Napoleon in chains being dragged into a fiery pit by a devil and surrounded by various characters all with speech bubbles. Landscape setting, print overpainted in enamels. Narrow brown enamel bands to rim, between body and neck, around foot, brown enamel strokes to back of handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30681
Creation/Production
Dillwyn & Co., Cambrian Pottery
Brindley, James
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 13.4
Length
(cm): 15.4
Width
(cm): 12
Height
(in): 5
Length
(in): 6
Width
(in): 4
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
Location
In store
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