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Tazza
Dillwyn & Co., Cambrian Pottery (1811 - 1817 and 1824 - 1850)
Tazza, earthenware, in the shape of an ancient Greek kylix, standing on a short pedestal with spreading foot, the main body plate shaped with gently curving spreading sides, plain horizontal loop handles to either side; the decoration reserved against a black enamel ground, so that the red earthenware body is revealed, this then transfer-printed in black with to the centre of the dish a winged cupid reclining against a pile of draperies with a bow below, border around the centre of the dish of eye-shapes issuing anthemions which are enclosed within an arching line, a further border to the rim of pendant lines on a red ground.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31847
Creation/Production
Dillwyn & Co., Cambrian Pottery
Date: 1847-1850
Acquisition
Purchase, 1906
Measurements
Height (cm): 9.5
diam (cm): 26.5
Width (cm): 34.1
Height (in): 3
diam (in): 10
Width (in): 13
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
glaze
Location
In store
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