Earthenware paint palette from the wreck of the Earl Of Abergavenny.
ID: EOA:2022.20.1
Collection: Earl of Abergavenny
Classification: East India Company Personnel/Trade
Measurements: Length 105mm Width 65 mm
Date made: 1803 - 1805
Display: not on display
Manufacturer/Creator: W. Hudson, London
Credit: Portland Museum Trust
One of several incomplete palettes recovered, these would have been transported to the families of serving East India Company officials or sold as trade.
This example was manufactured by W. Hudson of 61 Newgate Street, London. Hudson was a watercolourist and painter of miniatures.
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