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19th Century Pontypool Toleware Tray
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19th Century Pontypool Toleware Tray

19th century
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A very pretty 19th century circular toleware tray with pierced gallery and hand painted floral spray - most probably Pontypool. The condition is good.

A lovely item to use in the normal way or a great wall decoration.

c. 1860

Diameter: 16" (40cm)

Height: 1.5" (4cm)

Date of Manufacture

Hobson May Collection has dated this Antique Pontypool Toleware Tray to the 19th Century.

Physical Dimensions
Height
4cm (1.57")
Width
40cm (15.75")
Reference Numbers
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SA955708
Dealers Internal Reference
D1003
Description
A very pretty 19th century circular toleware tray with pierced gallery and hand painted floral spray - most probably Pontypool. The condition is good.

A lovely item to use in the normal way or a great wall decoration.

c. 1860

Diameter: 16" (40cm)

Height: 1.5" (4cm)

Date of Manufacture

Hobson May Collection has dated this Antique Pontypool Toleware Tray to the 19th Century.

Height
4cm (1.57")
Width
40cm (15.75")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA955708
Dealers Internal Ref
D1003
Hobson May Collection
Hobson May Collection
Sellingantiques verified Since Oct 2015

Decorative furniture and accessories from the 18th to 20th century

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A round black japanned metal tray with a hand-painted botanical bouquet in the centre and a pierced decorative gallery rim.
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Archive I A round black japanned metal tray with a hand-painted botanical bouquet in the centre and a pierced decorative gallery rim.

19th Century Pontypool Toleware Tray

Archive II A round black japanned metal tray with a hand-painted botanical bouquet in the centre and a pierced decorative gallery rim. View II
Archive III A round black japanned metal tray with a hand-painted botanical bouquet in the centre and a pierced decorative gallery rim. View III
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Hobson May Collection

Hobson May Collection
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A round black japanned metal tray with a hand-painted botanical bouquet in the centre and a pierced decorative gallery rim.
19th Century Pontypool Toleware Tray
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A round black japanned metal tray with a hand-painted botanical bouquet in the centre and a pierced decorative gallery rim.
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  • ObjectTrays
  • Period19th century
  • StyleRegency
  • MaterialJapanned Tinplate, Enamel Paint
  • ColourBlack
  • MotifsPierced gallery rim, Floral bouquet composition, Cut-out handles, Japanned ground
  • SizeH 4 cm (2 in) x W 40 cm (16 in)

This nineteenth-century Regency toleware tray exhibits a round silhouette measuring 4 cm in height and 40 cm in width. The piece takes the form of a black japanned tinplate plate with a dark enamelled finish, featuring cut-out handles on opposing sides and a pierced decorative gallery rim around the edge. A hand-painted botanical bouquet composition occupies the centre, rendered in shades of red, pink, white, yellow, orange and green with purple floral details. Age-related wear is visible across the black ground, alongside gentle surface crackling and soft rubbing on the painted flowers and rim. Practical placement includes serving drinks on a sideboard top or functioning as wall decoration within an English Country House interior. The construction relies on traditional japanned metalwork techniques typical of nineteenth-century production. The piece stands at 4 cm high and 40 cm wide, offering a stable surface for everyday hospitality use or display hanging.

FAQs

Pontypool toleware refers to decorated tinplate items produced using a specific lacquering and japanning process developed in South Wales during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

These pieces were crafted from thin sheet iron coated in tin, treated with layers of dark asphaltum-based varnish, and decorated by hand using oil paints and gilded accents.

Authentic period examples exhibit original sheet-metal construction, natural fine crazing within the painted lacquer surface, and age-consistent wear around the rim and underside.

Trays of this type are frequently arranged flat on a sideboard top, placed on a low coffee table, or mounted as focal wall art within a traditional composition.

Dust gently using a dry microfibre cloth, keeping the item free from water or household solvents that could penetrate surface cracks and induce metal oxidisation.
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