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Dillwyn & Co., Cambrian Pottery (1811 - 1817 and 1824 - 1850)
Small plate, earthenware, circular shape with rounded foot-rim, cushion-moulded sides and spreading rim; transfer-printed in brown with the 'Peacock' pattern, to the centre of the well a small vignette showing books, one of which is inscribed 'BOTANY', and a lute leaning against an urn against a garden landscape with trees and flowers and a distant building, wide border to the rim of several small vignettes showing a peacock perched on a high stand against a landscape with a country house and trees, alternating with elaborate rococo floral motifs.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34638
Creation/Production
Dillwyn & Co., Cambrian Pottery
Date: 1836-1850 ca
Acquisition
Purchase, 12/11/1913
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2
diam
(cm): 16.7
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 6
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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