Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Vase, with cover

Vase with cover, soft-paste porcelain, square shaped in section and of a form resembling a chinese bronze, square high foot tapering in towards the top, the body of the vase is bulbous shaped at the bottom and curves into a narrower neck, cover has a square platform with curved edge and a dome shape ontop, at the very top is a hand moulded finial in the shape of a bunch of red berries; the surface of the vase and cover is decorated with small hand modelled flowers; the flowers have been touched with yellow and blue enamel, puce enamel has been painted between the flowers, ontop of the applied flower moulding are a series of hand modelled foliage tendrils running across the main body of the vase, the tendrils have been painted green with red berries in enamels, and the cover is likewise decorated without tendril but the berry finial is painted in red enamel; glazed.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 36434

Creation/Production

Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Chelsea, London
Period: 1750-1770

Acquisition

Gift, 1/2/1918

Measurements

Height (cm): 24
Length (cm): 8.2
Width (cm): 8.2
Height (in): 9
Length (in): 3
Width (cm): 3

Techniques

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

Material

Soft-paste porcelain

Location

In store
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