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Plate

ca. 1817-1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. With a lobed rim, and in the border is a relief-decoration of C-shaped scrolls forming plain panels, but with embellishments of flowers and ribbons at their points of juncture. Painted with a branch of mixed flowers in each of these border panels, and a large bouquet in the centre. Round the rim is a gilt dentil border. On the back are three insects covering blemishes in the paste.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, possibly painted by Moses Webster in London, made by Nantgarw China Works, Nantgarw, ca. 1817-1820.
Physical description
Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. With a lobed rim, and in the border is a relief-decoration of C-shaped scrolls forming plain panels, but with embellishments of flowers and ribbons at their points of juncture. Painted with a branch of mixed flowers in each of these border panels, and a large bouquet in the centre. Round the rim is a gilt dentil border. On the back are three insects covering blemishes in the paste.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 25.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
'NANTGARW / C.W.' (Impressed)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Joseph Henry Jacobs
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.38-1950

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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