Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Pot, coffee and cover

Unknown (Factory)

Coffeepot and cover, hard-paste porcelain, pear-shaped body with a flaring neck, circular pedestal base, loop handle, short spout terminating in an animal head, slightly domed cover with a conical finial; the edge of the rim, neck, base, foot, spout and handle are decorated with gold bands, the neck is banded with a gold leaf border, the spout is decorated with gold beads, each side is painted with three birds perching on gold branches, the cover is banded with a wide gold border and a leaf border, the top half of the finial is gilded.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 38757

Creation/Production

Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Paris
Period: 1780-1800

Acquisition

Gift, 1/2/1918

Measurements

Height (cm): 25.5
diam (cm): 12.7
l(cm) handle to spout:15.5
l(cm)
Height (in): 10
diam (in): 5
l(in) handle to spout:6 1/8
l(in)

Techniques

Jolleyed
Forming
Applied Art
Moulded
Forming
Applied Art
Painted
Decoration
Applied Art
Gilded
Decoration
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art

Material

Hard-paste porcelain

Location

In store
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