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Strainer
Strainer, earthenware, round-ended oblong shape, standing on a tapering foot-rim curving inwards, the top of the strainer flat and pierced with numerous perforated holes with a larger circular hole to the centre; transfer-printed in blue with the 'Damask border' pattern, to the top of the strainer a scene showing two figures standing in an Italianate landscape with trees, an aquaduct, a distant village and mountains, to the rim a wide border with a watered blue ground between a band of small scrolls and a band of foliate scrolls.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31979
Creation/Production
South Wales Pottery
Date: 1840-1855 ca
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.5
Length
(cm): 31
Width
(cm): 25.5
Height
(cm): 1
Length
(cm): 12
Width
(cm): 10
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
pierced
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
glaze
Location
In store
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