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Dillwyn & Co., Cambrian Pottery (1811 - 1817 and 1824 - 1850)
Jug, earthenware, octagonal shape with flat base and bulbous body tapering inwards at the shoulder, vertical neck flaring slightly at the mouth, lip-rim lobed with sloping flat-fronted spout, twig handle; crudely painted in iron-red, blue, yellow and green with to the front of the body a highly stylized flower-pot (possibly a pineapple?) with above it a stylized flower head issuing further flowers and foliage which spread around the body, to either side of the body are to further stylized flower-pot or pineapple shapes issuing flowers, the lower body painted yellow with a blue band above, a yellow edge to the lip-rim, a running pattern of flower buds and leaves to the handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31679
Creation/Production
Dillwyn & Co., Cambrian Pottery
Date: 1831-1850 ca
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 11.4
diam
(cm): 10
Width
(cm): 11.3
Height
(in): 4
diam
(in): 3
Width
(in): 4
Techniques
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
enamel
glaze
Location
In store
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