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Tray

Date1760-1780

OriginWales, Pontypool area

MediumSheet iron; tin; paint ("Pontypool" or "Japanned tinned sheet iron")

DimensionsOL: 16"; OW: 12 3/4"; H (rim): 3/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1978-27

DescriptionOval tray with upturned, flared rim; rim pierced and irregularly scalloped to form complex guilloche pattern; continuous except for one break where pattern meets itself. Tray covered by dark ground (probably repainted) with painted decoration: in the center a peach with strawberries accompanying foliage, all in natural colors, surrounded by sprays of wildflowers. There is only faint evidence of any borders (form undetermined).
ProvenanceVendor: Good & Hutchinson, Tolland, MA