Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Milk jug
Milk jug, hard-paste porcelain, standing on a high spreading foot with three raised ribs around the top, ovoid body, raised neck with wide spout, high loop handle with a moulded flower to the upper terminal and a mask to the lower terminal; finely painted in polychrome enamels with to the front of the exterior body a large spray of flowers with an insect to one side, the foot, exterior neck, spout and handle painted gilt. The handle broken and repaired.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35982
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 1810-1815
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 14.1
diam
(cm): 6.8
Width
(cm): 8.6
Height
(in): 5
diam
(in): 2
Width
(in): 3
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
glaze
Location
In store
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