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Lot 317

A fine Nantgarw botanical dish by Thomas Pardoe, circa 1818-20

20 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A fine Nantgarw botanical dish by Thomas Pardoe, circa 1818-20

Of lobed form with a shell-moulded handle picked out in gold, finely and fully painted with a specimen of 'Chinese Apple Blossom' surrounded by a gilded insect and two sprigs, 21.8cm, impressed NANT-GARW CW, titled in Pardoe's distinctive hand

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Provenance
Bonhams sale, 1 December 2010, lot 80
Sir David John KCMG

The source of the subject is William Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Vol.8/267, 1 June 1794, where it is titled 'Pyrus Spectzbilis, Chinese Apple Tree'. This dish is from an important Nantgarw botanical desert service locally painted by Pardoe with named specimens. A pair of dishes from the service was in the Sir Leslie Joseph Collection and a plate is illustrated by W D John, Nantgarw Porcelain (1948), Illustration 10B. The service must be one of Pardoe's most significant achievements whilst working at Nantgarw.

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