Cup and saucer
Cambrian Pottery (Established in Swansea in 1764, the Cambrian Pottery reached its creative peak under the proprietorship of Lewis Weston Dillwyn (1778-1855), who ran the Pottery (with a break between 1817 and 1824) from 1802 to 1836. Lewis Weston Dillwyn was a natural scientist, antiquarian, Member of Parliament, magistrate and landowner whose intellectual interests drove the Cambrian Pottery to become one of the most ambitious and artistically accomplished British potteries of the early 19th century. While the porcelain manufactured in Swansea between 1814 and 1825 justifies its reputation as among the finest of British porcelains, the pottery produced under Dillwyn’s ownership between 1802 and about 1809 was at its best an equally impressive achievement, most particularly that made for sale in the Pottery’s Cambrian Warehouse in London 1806-1808, the context for which this supper service was most likely created.)
Cup, earthenware, standing on a rounded waisted foot-rim, rounded bottom, cylindrical sides, flaring everted lip-rim, the edge of the lip-rim lobed, wishbone shaped handle; transfer-printed in blue with to the interior bottom of the cup a scaled-down version of the 'Swan' pattern showing only the swan swimming on an expanse of water within a three-quarters cartouche of roccoco scrolls, flowers and foliage, sprays of flowers and foliage to the exterior of the cup, perforated ribbon border to the interior lip-rim interspersed with sprays of flowers and scrolls and issuing sprays of flowers and foliage, perforated ribbon border to the exterior lip-rim interspersed with sprays of flowers and scrolls and issuing feathery foliage, running border of diamond shapes and stylized flower heads to the handle.
Saucer, earthenware, dish-shaped with rounded foot-rim and curving spreading sides, six shallow notches and lobes to the rim; transfer-printed in blue with the 'Swan' pattern, a swan-like bird swims on an expanse of water with a fountain to one side and another bird flying above, roccoco sprays of elaborate scrolls, flowers and foliage to either side of the scene, perforated ribbon border to the rim interspersed with sprays of flowers and scrolls and issuing feathery foliage.
Rhif yr Eitem
NMW A 31557
Creu/Cynhyrchu
Dyddiad: 1824-1850
Derbyniad
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Mesuriadau
Uchder
(cm): 5.8
diam
(cm): 9.6
Lled
(cm): 11.4
Uchder
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
Lled
(in): 4
Uchder
(cm): 2.8
diam
(cm): 14.2
Uchder
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techneg
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
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jiggered
forming
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assembled
forming
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transfer-printed
decoration
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glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Deunydd
earthenware
glaze
