Flan Dish

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Artist/Maker	Portmeirion Potteries Ltd. (manufacturers) Williams-Ellis, Susan (designer)
Place of origin	Stoke-on-Trent (made)

Earthenware flan dish with printed decoration in enamel colours. The dish is in cream coloured earthenware under a lead glaze. The flan dish is circular with short, fluted sides. The base has three concentric segments of circles which act as foot rings. The exterior is plain but the interior is printed with a Mexican Lily and two months, beneath which is inscribed "AMARYLLIS REGINAE" and "Mexican Lily".

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Categories	Ceramics Earthenware
Object type	Flan dish
Materials and techniques	Earthenware with printed decoration Earthenware Enamel Printed
Brief description	Flan dish, earthenware with printed decoration, designed by Susan William-Ellis, made by Portmeirion Potteries Ltd., England, ca. 1983.
Physical description	Earthenware flan dish with printed decoration in enamel colours. The dish is in cream coloured earthenware under a lead glaze. The flan dish is circular with short, fluted sides. The base has three concentric segments of circles which act as foot rings. The exterior is plain but the interior is printed with a Mexican Lily and two months, beneath which is inscribed "AMARYLLIS REGINAE" and "Mexican Lily".
Dimensions	Width: 13.9cm
Marks and inscriptions	'PORTMERIRION FULLY VITRIFIED' and 'MADE IN ENGLAND' (Impressed onto base)
Credit line	Given by the maker
Subjects depicted	Flowers Moths
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	C.40-1984

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Record created	October 15, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O169604/flan-dish-williams-ellis-susan/

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