Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Toilet pot and cover

Toilet pot, soft-paste porcelain, standing on a short cylindrical foot-rim, cylindrical sides with spreading lip-rim, round domed cover with to the top an elaborate pinecone finial; finely painted in polychrome enamels with to either side of the exterior body of the toilet pot and to either side of the top of the cover Italianate landscapes with trees, buildings and distant hills, gilt edges to the lip-rim of the toilet pot and the rim of the cover, the finial picked out in gilt. The rim of the cover slightly chipped.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 35842

Creation/Production

Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Naples
Period: 1750-1755

Acquisition

Gift, 27/9/1919

Measurements

Height (cm): 10.5
diam (cm): 8.5
Height (in): 4
diam (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

Soft-paste porcelain
Enamel
Gilding
Glaze

Location

In store
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