Not currently on display at the V&A

Dish

1803-1806 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dessert dish of earthenware painted with enamels with a merlin, and the edge of the rim is gilded. Quatrefoil-shaped with shell-like scrolls on one side forming a handle.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Dessert dish of earthenware painted with enamels and the edge of the rim is gilded, painted by William Weston Young, Swansea Pottery, Swansea, 1803-1806.
Physical description
Dessert dish of earthenware painted with enamels with a merlin, and the edge of the rim is gilded. Quatrefoil-shaped with shell-like scrolls on one side forming a handle.
Dimensions
  • Width: 21.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'SWANSEA' (Impressed)
  • 'C' (Impressed)
  • 'Falco AesalonMerlin' (Written in black)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
3475-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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