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Plate
Nantgarw China Works - Enlarge image
Plate
- Place of origin:
Nantgarw, Wales (made)
London, England (decorated) - Date:
1816-1823 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Nantgarw China Works (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded
- Credit Line:
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
- Museum number:
414:807-1885
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case J, shelf 2
Physical description
Plate of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and the rim has a shaped edge and is moulded in relief with gilt scrollwork and wreaths of flowers forming panels which are painted with bouquets against a shaded grey background, and in the middle is a large group of currants, cherries, plums and an apple, with foliage.
Place of Origin
Nantgarw, Wales (made)
London, England (decorated)
Date
1816-1823 (made)
Artist/maker
Nantgarw China Works (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded
Marks and inscriptions
'NANT-GARW / C.W.' [Impressed]
Dimensions
Diameter: 25.1 cm
Object history note
This plate was decorated elsewhere than at Nantgarw, probably in London by one of the enamellers employed by the dealer John Martlock, the ware being fired by Robins and Randall at Spa Fields, Clerkenwell.
Descriptive line
Plate of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, moulded in relief and gilded, made by Nantgarw China Works, Nantgarw, 1816-1823, and decorated in London.
Materials
Soft-paste porcelain
Techniques
Painted; Moulded; Gilded
Subjects depicted
Flowers; Foliage; Fruit; Apples; Cherries; Plums
Categories
Porcelain; Ceramics
Collection code
CER
