Plate
James & Ralph Clews
Category
Ceramics
Date
1818 - 1834
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
24 mm (Height); 259 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Cobridge
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 545627.1
Summary
Blue and white earthenware plate with ogee edge. Transfer printed border around edge, depicting bell-shaped and open flower heads with foliage, on a plain blue background. Central scene depicting several people standing in front of a large abbey with tall central tower. 'Fonthill Abbey Wiltshire ' printed and 'Clews Warranted Staffordshire' impressed on base. 1818-34 Paper sticker on base reads - Clewes Views 30 C
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward Collection, left to the National Trust in Miss Ward's will in 1994
Marks and inscriptions
Clews Warranted Staffordshire (impressed on base)
Makers and roles
James & Ralph Clews, maker