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Sucrier with cover
Sucrier and cover, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; standing on a moulded pedestal foot, curved sides to shoulder, upright flared collar; small volute handles on either side with embossed floret disks, and raised anthemion terminal; flat inset cover with entwined dolphins finial; painted in monochrome purple enamel, on one side with a cupid leaning on a cloud, holding a ball and musical pipe, on the other side a cupid sitting on a cloud drawing; the cover painted with a lyre and foliage, and a torch and rose sprig; gilt continuous scroll pattern inside lip and around edge of cover, gilt finial, and gilding to handles; gilt bands to foot, shoulder, and lip.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31134
Acquisition
Purchase, 21/10/1986
Measurements
Height
(cm): 9.5
diam
(cm): 8.1
l(cm) handle to handle:10.5
l(cm)
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to handle:4 1/8
l(in)
Techniques
moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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