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Plate

ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of earthenware painted with enamels and with a wavy edge with a gilt border. Decorated in the middle with a spray and a seed-pod of Spanish broom.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Plate of earthenware painted with enamels and with a wavy edge with a gilt border, decorated by Thomas Pardoe, Cambrian Pottery, Swansea, 1800.
Physical description
Plate of earthenware painted with enamels and with a wavy edge with a gilt border. Decorated in the middle with a spray and a seed-pod of Spanish broom.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 18.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'SWANSEA' (Impressed)
  • 'Spanish Broom' (Inscribed in grey enamel)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Companion to 414:1198/A-1885 (Sch. II 435). The flower and pod are copied from Plate 85, dated 1789, in Vol. III of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, published in 1798.
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. II 434 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:1198-1885

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Record createdMay 6, 2009
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