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Upright cylindrical form, silver-plated and oxidised gilding metal, oval in plan and slightly off vertical, open at the bottom, a hemispherical bowl inset off centre into the flat top, a hole in its bottom extending into an angled silver tube, the outer surface silver-plated, textured all over with scratch marks and oxidised to a dark grey, the bowl covered with palladium leaf and with a mottled surface, the inside surface matt and blackened with Zebrite.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51650
Acquisition
Purchase, 5/2/2008
Measurements
Height
(cm): 16.1
Width
(cm): 15.3
Depth
(cm): 14.2
Height
(in): 6
Width
(in): 6
Depth
(in): 5
Weight
(gr): 1276.7
Techniques
assembled
forming
Applied Art
cut
decoration
Applied Art
raised
forming
Applied Art
soldered
forming
Applied Art
silver-plated
oxidised
decoration
Applied Art
Material
gilding metal
silver-plate
precious white metal
palladium leaf
Zebrite
Location
In store
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