Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Asparagus server

Derby, England (Factory)

Asparagus server, soft-paste porcelain, fan shaped, open at the top and bottom with side walls with waved edges; painted on the interior with chinoiserie landscapes in underglaze blue, the main scene featuring a pagoda with trees in the foreground, overlooking an expanse of water with two mountains and three birds in the background, above this is a border of stylised suns within circles between two parallel lines.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 37485

Creation/Production

Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Derby
Period: 1775-1780

Acquisition

Gift, 1/2/1918

Measurements

Height (cm): 2.7
Length (cm): 7
Width (cm): 7
Height (in): 1
Length (in): 2
Width (in): 2

Techniques

Moulded
Forming
Applied Art
Enamelled
Decoration
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art

Material

Soft-paste porcelain

Location

On Display

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