Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Inkstand

Ink stand comprising stand with inkpot and sandbox: Stand, hard-paste porcelain, rectangular form standing on four feet with leaf moulding, short straight sides moulded with flower heads and entwined bands; decorated in brown monochrome with around the well a border of oak leaves and acorns enclosing a central spray of the same leaves. Inkpot, hard-paste porcelain, square form with central circular aperture to the top and a small circular cover with pinecone finial, around the upper body a moulded border of flower heads and entwined bands; decorated in brown monochrome with around the sides sprays of oak leaves and acorns, a border of oak leaves and acorns around the cover, the finial picked out in brown. Sandbox, hard-paste porcelain, square form with central circle of perforations to the top and a small circular cover with pinecone finial, around the upper body a moulded border of flower heads and entwined bands; decorated in brown monochrome with around the sides sprays of oak leaves and acorns, a border of oak leaves and acorns around the cover, the finial picked out in brown.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 36538

Creation/Production

Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Brunswick, Germany
Period: 1800-1810

Acquisition

Gift, 1/2/1918

Measurements

Height (cm): 3.9
Length (cm): 19.2
Width (cm): 13.3
Height (in): 1
Length (in): 7
Width (in): 5
Height (cm): 8.4
Length (cm): 5
Width (cm): 5
Height (in): 3
Length (in): 1
Width (in): 1

Techniques

Press-moulded
Forming
Applied Art
Assembled
Forming
Applied Art
Enamelled
Decoration
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art

Material

Hard-paste porcelain

Location

In store

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