Spill holder
Category
Ceramics
Date
Unknown
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
80 mm (Height); 80 mm (Diameter)
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 545599
Summary
Small earthenware spill holder. Flattened globe, made to resemble a nest with a bird and 3 eggs being menaced by snake. Nest decorated to resemble moss, painted green, pink, blue and yellow. Adult bird has gilded wings and a purple line along back. Two holes are present on the side of the object. Paper sticky labels read - Snake at nest C - 40/-, £5.25
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward Collection, left to the National Trust in Miss Ward's will in 1994
Marks and inscriptions
Snake at nest C - 40/-, £5.25 (sticky labels)