Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Sucrier with cover
Sucrier, hard-paste porcelain, short foot-rim and rounded sides, domed cover with acorn finial; painted in polychrome enamels with around the exterior of the sucrier and the top of the cover scattered floral sprigs including pink roses, around the top of the sucrier and the rim of the cover elaborate borders of gilt scrolls with a blue line running through them, gilt dentil edges to the upper rim of the sucrier and the rim of the cover, the finial partially gilt.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 37071
Creation/Production
La Courtille Porcelain Factory
Date: 18th century (late)
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 8.1
diam
(cm): 7.3
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 2
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
Location
Front Hall, North Balcony : Case A
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