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Plate, earthenware, in the form of an ancient Greek patera, incised foot-rim, deeply curving sides, everted rim, incised lines around the exterior and interior rim; the decoration reserved against a black enamel ground so that the red earthenware body is revealed, this then transfer-printed in black with to the centre of the well two female figures dancing hand-in-hand, the figures are clad in flowing draperies, one figure holds a wreath, a border of Greek key-shapes to the rim.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31849
Acquisition
Purchase, 1896
Measurements
Height
(cm): 3.3
diam
(cm): 21.8
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 8
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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