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The pattern is illustrated on a greenish-black printed, fluted teabowl and
saucer, See Fig. 17, a blue-printed jug that carries the same border as the
teabowl and saucer See Fig.18. One example of this border is held in
Swansea Museum. A third example is a punchbowl which has a distinctive
border showing the ‘Two Kilns’ in oval cartouches on the sides of the bowl
See Fig.19 whilst the interior of the punchbowl shows Rothwell’s
‘Herdsman with Cattle, Farmhouse and Barn’ pattern See Fig.20.
The identical distinctive border on the punchbowl and its ‘Herdsman,
Cattle, Farmhouse and Barn’ pattern are also known on a jug that is
dedicated to ‘George Sutton 1791’.* That the jug is dated 1791 is rather
significant because Rothwell’s engravings of the Cambrian Pottery (done
on paper and plaster of Paris) is dated ‘Augt.1791’ when he was in
Swansea. This indicates that both the border and the ‘Herdsman, Cattle,
Farmhouse and Barn’ pattern on the jug are contemporary with that date
(1791), and that suggests that the punchbowl would be likely to be c. 1792.
As mentioned previously, engraving done for paper is adapted and
transposed into a simpler form for ceramics. This may be seen in
Rothwell’s engraving of the Cambrian Pottery itself in August 1791. The
coppers made for the pottery pieces were adjusted so the pattern would
hold greater appeal for the market and also be more suitable for
application on ceramics. Ceramic pots would have made good mementoes
especially for people visiting the Pottery and buying on site which was, of
course, practised at the Cambrian Pottery.
Fig.18
* Holdaway, M, Hollins Blue Printed Earthenware Front cover image.
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