Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Vase, pot-pourri with cover

Pot pourri vase, soft-paste porcelain; standing on a round pedestal base with acanthus leaf and beaded moulding; urn shaped with a gadroon moulded bowl and a flared flanged rim with acanthus leaf and beaded moulding; double curved spindle handles with embossed florets; flat topped conical perforated cover with beaded moulding and a pointed bud finial; painted with a deep continuous border of finely painted growing garden flowers on the vase and cover; acanthus leaf and gadroon moulding highlighted with gilt, and gilt detail on handles and finial.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 30907

Creation/Production

Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Swansea
Period: 1816-1826

Acquisition

Purchase, 1892

Measurements

Height (cm): 13.5
diam (cm): 11.5
l(cm) handle to handle:11.7
l(cm)
Height (in): 5
diam (in): 4
l(in) handle to handle:4 5/8
l(in)

Techniques

Press-moulded
Forming
Applied Art
Jolleyed
Forming
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art
Enamelled
Decoration
Applied Art
Gilded
Decoration
Applied Art

Material

Soft-paste porcelain
Enamel
Gilding

Location

On Display
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