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Dillwyn & Co., Cambrian Pottery (1811 - 1817 and 1824 - 1850)
Plate, earthenware, standing on a rounded foot rim, rounded sides, flaring to form rim; the rim moulded with a waved edge, forming an octagonal shape with an indentation at each corner point; transfer printed in blue with the 'Ne Plus Ultra' pattern; in the centre a woman seated on a bench, holding a lyre, surrounded by scrolled rococo style flowers and foliage and with a vista of a sailing ship on an expanse of water; the rim printed in blue with female figures with baskets of flowers seated in front of a lake and mountain background, interspersed with scrolling foliage and floral motifs within a border of dots on a blue ground with a narrow egg and dart style border to the outer rim.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31535
Creation/Production
Dillwyn & Co., Cambrian Pottery
Date: 1825-1840
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.5
Height
(in): 1
diam
(cm): 21.1
diam
(in): 8
Techniques
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
Location
In store
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