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Plate, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain, with a pale greenish translucency; standing on a foot rim curving into straight spreading sides; painted in the centre with Helios Apollo about to harness four horses, and gesturing to his right, with a pink length of robe swirling above his head; bordered by a plain gilt circular band; an elaborate, deep gilt border to the lip with trellis patterns, and c-scrolls enclosing cornucopia of various foliage.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31287
Acquisition
Gift, 1882
Given by Cardiff Exhibition Committee, 1881
Measurements
Height
(cm): 3.2
diam
(cm): 22.1
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 8
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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