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A Swansea pearlware dish painted and gilded by Thomas Pardoe Circa 1800
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Find your local specialistA Swansea pearlware dish painted and gilded by Thomas Pardoe
From the so-called Nelson service, of navette shape, gilded in the centre with a Garter Star surrounded by six gilt scattered sprigs, within a blue and gilt formal border, 27.8cm wide, impressed SWANSEA (restored, some wear to the gilding)
Footnotes
Nelson visited Swansea in 1802, and was awarded the freedom of the town as recorded in the Borough Records of Saturday, August 14th. During his stay he visited the Cambrian Pottery. A letter formerly in the possession of the late Miss Dillwyn, dated 7th December, 1802, was written by Nelson to Haynes, Dillwyn and Co. and begins 'Gentlemen, I should be very happy to receive your pottery...'. See Morton Nance (1942), pp. 81-82. This dish is from the service traditionally referred to as 'The Nelson Service'. It bears the Garter Star, which is confusing because Nelson was not a Knight of the Garter. However, the Garter Star is traditionally associated with the work of Thomas Pardoe and its use here may not have been intended as a reference to Nelson himself but simply as a decorative motif
