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Plate, cockle
Cockle plate, earthenware, circular shape, rounded foot-rim with an incised ring around it, curving sides and spreading rim, a raised ridge around the well, a band of moulded anthemions to the outer rim; transfer-printed in black with to the centre of the well a rural scene showing two male figures reaping with long scythes in a field, a tree stump with a single spreading branch dominates one side of the scene, in the background are distant hills and trees, black bands around the well and to the rim.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 32902
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2
diam
(cm): 12.5
Height
(in): 13
diam
(in): 4
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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