Coalport Cup and Saucer
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Coalport cup
and saucer painted in the style of William Weston Young in grey
monochrome. The saucer has the very unusual subject of Moses and the
Tablets of the Ten Commandments, the cup has a woman in Welsh costume. c.1805 William Weston Young was a china decorator in Swansea, whose work can also be found on Cambrian Pottery until 1806 when he left to become a wreck salvager. Ref: J. Gray, Welsh Ceramics in Context, pl 7.18 and 7.19 for similar scenes by Young. |
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