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Nantgarw China Works (1813 - 1822)
Plate, Nantgarw, soft-paste porcelain, clear white translucency, lustrous glaze with pin holes to the underside; shallow foot, the rim moulded with six large and six small lobes and with the standard 'Nantgarw' moulding of C-scrolls, ribbon-tied foliage wreaths and florets; the centre painted in enamels with a kneeling naked putto, one finger extended to lip, purple feathered wing, within a yellow straw bonnet, lined with grey cloth and tied with turquoise ribbons which he holds in one hand, against a background of pink roses and foliage; the rim mouldings gilt between six panels of garden flowers on a stippled gilt ground.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 32352
Creation/Production
Nantgarw China Works
Date: 1818-1820
Acquisition
Bequest, 26/5/1994
Measurements
h(cm) plate size:3.3
h(cm)
diam
(cm): 25.1
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 9
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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