Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Milk jug

Unknown (Factory)

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

Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Paris
Period: 1810-1815

Acquisition

Gift, 1/2/1918

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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