Plate
1816-1820 (made), 1816-1823 (painted)
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Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Lobed rim moulded with scrollwork and flowers in relief, forming panels enriched with gilding, and the panels are painted with pink roses on a groundwork of gilt spots. In the middle, within a formal gilt border, is a seaport scene with a seated statue on a quay in the foreground.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded |
| Brief description | Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded, Nantgarw China Works, Nantgarw, 1816-1820, decorated in London 1816-1823. |
| Physical description | Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Lobed rim moulded with scrollwork and flowers in relief, forming panels enriched with gilding, and the panels are painted with pink roses on a groundwork of gilt spots. In the middle, within a formal gilt border, is a seaport scene with a seated statue on a quay in the foreground. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'NANT-GARW C.W' (Impressed) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
| Object history | Perhaps made at Swansea from Billingsley's recipe. The roses are in the manner of Billingsley. The seaport scene was probably painted in London (from the register). |
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| Bibliographic reference | Fairclough, O. The London China Trade. Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle. 1997, vol. 16, part 2. 210 p. |
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| Accession number | C.587-1935 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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