A Nantgarw pen tray, circa 1818-20


Of boat shape with finely moulded scrolled handles in Paris style, delicately painted in London with sprays of fruit and flowers, including strawberries, cherries and nasturtium, above a band of scrolls in green enamel and gold, 27.7cm long, impressed NANT-GARW CW
|Nantgarw pen trays occur with or without the scrolled handles. See W D John, Nantgarw Porcelain Album (1975), Illustration 55 for both forms.