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Dessert Dish

ca. 1805 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Dessert dish of lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels and gilded, painted by William Weston Young, Cambrian Pottery, Swansea, ca. 1805.
Physical description
Dessert dish of lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels and gilded. Painted with a kestrel, and the edge if the rim is gilded. Quatrefoil-shaped with shell-like scrolls on one side forming a handle.
Dimensions
  • Width: 21.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'SWANSEA' (Impressed)
  • 'C' (Impressed)
  • 'Falco TinnunculusKestrel' (Painted in black)
Gallery label
(23/05/2008)
Dessert dish
Painted by W W Young, made at the Swansea pottery, about 1805
Marks: 'SWANSEA', impressed, 'C', impressed and 'Falco Tinnunculus Kestrel', painted in black
Lead-glazed earthenware

3473-1901 Jermyn Street Collection
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
3473-1901

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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