Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Tea-caddy and cover

Tea-caddy, hard-paste porcelain, rectangular form with straight sides and curving shoulder, short cylindrical neck with cylindrical metal cover; decorated in purple monochrome with around the sides and the shoulder scattered sprays and sprigs of Oriental flowers heightened with touches of gilt, the cover originally covered in gilt which has now mostly worn off.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 36355

Creation/Production

Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Mainz, Germany
Period: 1755-1765

Acquisition

Gift, 1/2/1918

Measurements

Height (cm): 13
Length (cm): 7.2
Width (cm): 5
Height (in): 5
Length (in): 2
Width (in): 1

Techniques

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
Metal

Location

In store
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