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signed, dated and inscribed '-CLIFDEN NONPAREIL-/ handmade & hand-drawn /by/ Tom Rooth/ Pen 2024' (on the reverse)
glazed earthenware with underglaze pencils
Presented in a gessoed frame, water-gilded with moon-gold.
ceramic panel: 16 cm. diam.
frame: 18 cm. diam.
The clifden nonpareil moth is also known as 'the blue underwing'. Nonpareil in French, means 'without comparison', a reference to the striking beauty of the lepidoptera.
Ref. 68