Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Pomade pot and cover

Pomade pot, soft-paste porcelain, inset base and cylindrical body, round domed cover with to the top a finial modelled in the form of a cherry with a stem and leaves, the sides of the pot and the cover divided into six panels by vertical incised lines; painted in polychrome enamels with around the exterior sides of the pot three conventional floral sprigs, around the top of the cover a spray and two sprigs of conventional flowers, puce edges to the lip-rim of the pot and the rim of the cover, the cherry finial painted in red-pink and green.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 35896

Creation/Production

Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Sceaux, France
Period: 1763-1772

Acquisition

Gift, 3/12/1919

Measurements

Height (cm): 9.2
diam (cm): 5.5
Height (in): 3
diam (in): 2

Techniques

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

Material

Soft-paste porcelain
Enamel
Glaze

Location

In store
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