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A rare Swansea botanical plate Circa 1816.
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Of cruciform shape, painted by William Weston Young with a botanical specimen and titled in neat black lettering to the reverse 'VIOLA LUTEA', a wide gilded border inside the rim, 21.2cm diam (minute flake to the enamel, very slight wear to the gilded border on the moulded highlights)
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This lot forms part of a botanical dessert service painted by William Weston Young after James Sowerby or Sir J E Smith. The service was fired by Weston Young in the muffle kiln at his cottage in Newton Nottage, installed on 23 October 1809. His diaries reveal that he did most of the painting between 21 September and 1 November 1816, assisted by his handyman, William Bedford. It may have been Bedford's poor control of the kiln temperature that resulted in many of the enamels on the service being rather overfired. This example is in unusually fine condition as the enamels have remained stable and have not flaked away as is so often the case. Other pieces from the service were sold in these rooms on 5 December 2007, lots 472, 473, 474 and 475. Another dish is illustrated by Andrew Renton, Thomas Pardoe and William Weston Young, Welsh Ceramics in Context, Part I, p 136
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