Plate with Poulton (racehorse), Nantgarw China Works, c.1813

Museum number

C295

Object

Plate with Poulton (racehorse), Nantgarw China Works, c.1813

Description

Plate, porcelain, Nantgarw factory c. 1813. The lobed rim moulded with scrollwork and flowers in relief forming six panels which are painted in enamel colours with representations of racing and stable accessories, viz: 1)saddle, horse covering and whip; 2) saddle, jockey's jacket, cap and whip; 3) riding boots, cap and sable appliances; 4) jockey's scales and weights and a sheaf of corn; 5) Bell, and a pair of starting flags; 6) saddle and sheaf of corn; covering the whole of the middle of the plate and painted in enamel colours is a view of a race course with grandstand and race in progress, a bay horse, below which, painted in gilt letters on a stone, the name "POULTON".

Materials

Porcelain

Inscription

On labels on underside: "POULTON. Six times winner of the Oxford Cup. The Owner Robert Jones Esq., Funmon Castle. Made and painted for him at Nantgarw, Glamorgan".Mark: Nantgarw, C.W., impressed Plate 15.

On display?

No

Further description

Simple name

Plate

Subject

Animal