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Tureen, soup, and cover

Swansea China Works

Soup tureen and cover, octagonal, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; standing on a pedestal base, curved, faceted sides, and notched lip; boar head handles; raised cover with flattened tp and notched lip, with an opening for a ladle, and pomegranate finial; tureen and cover painted with Chinoiserie style scenery of a Gazebo with a Chinese boy fishing from the bank, stylised leafy plants and flowering bushes, and a willow tree, in underglaze blue, gilt and red; the base with green, gilt and underglaze blue bands; the cover with a wide border of underglaze blue with gilt circular scrolls reserved with lunette shaped cartouches of iron red and gilt flowers and foliage, between green rosette medallions, banded with gilt and underglaze blue lines above and gilt and green bands below; gilt handles and finial.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 31206

Creation/Production

Swansea China Works

Acquisition

Purchase, 12/1/1950

Measurements

h(cm) overall:22
h(cm)
Width (cm): 22.2
l(cm) handle to handle:31.6
l(cm)
h(in) overall:8 11/16
h(in)
Width (in): 8
l(in) handle to handle:12 7/16
l(in)

Techniques

slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
underglaze blue
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art

Material

soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding

Location

In store

Categories

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