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Plate, dessert
Swansea China Works
(Decorator)
Unknown
(Decorator)
Plate, soft-paste porcelain, 'duck egg' type with a pale greenish translucency, lustrous glaze with a distinct green tinge, irredescent around the enamels. Standing on a shallow foot, plain everted rim, painted in the centre with a pink-stemmed yellow rose and grasses, the rim decorated with a continuous band of hatched and shaded gilding, comprising fluted vases with conical covers alternating with arabesques, floriate scrolls and florets between two gilt lines.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33725
Creation/Production
Role: Production
Role: Factory
Role: Production
Role: Decorator
Place: Swansea
Place: London, England
Period: 1816-1817
Acquisition
Purchase - ass. of NACF, 8/4/1998
Purchased with support from The National Art Collections Fund
Measurements
Height
(cm): 3.2
diam
(cm): 23.4
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 9
Techniques
Press-moulded
Forming
Applied Art
Enamelled
Decoration
Applied Art
Gilded
Decoration
Applied Art
Material
Soft-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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