A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILT, POLYCHROME AND BLACK JAPANNED PAPIER MACHE PANELS

EARLY 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY PONTYPOOL

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILT, POLYCHROME AND BLACK JAPANNED PAPIER MACHE PANELS
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY PONTYPOOL
Each with a central oval medallion depicting respectively a figure in a snow-covered landscape and a woodsman, each accompanied by a hound, on a 'mapwork' ground dotted with rosettes, with Greek key-bordered feather spandrels, in a modern gilt frame
38½ x 21¼ in. (98 x 54 cm.) (2)

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Acquired from Norman Adams, November 1954.

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The Stormont pattern found on the reserves of the present lot is associated with early 19th century Pontypool ware (see Yvonne Jones, Japanned Papier Mâché and Tinware C.1740-1940, Woodbridge, Suffolk, pp. 69, 275, fig. 59, 309). The motif originated in French wallpaper and was later adapted for English marble paper. The design, which was less challenging to produce than other decorative patterns, was introduced by William Allgood as a way to compete with factories in rival production centres, such as Birmingham, and referred to colloquially as 'mapwork'.