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Candlestick, chamber
Chamberstick, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; saucer stand with tapering foot rim curving into straight spreading sides; loop handle with serpent head and forked tail, with a thumb spur; sconce indented at base, with flared everted lip; painted in polychrome enamels, with a frieze of wild flowers including forget-me-nots, and strawberries; inner circular border of gilt and green leaves and berries, and on sconce lip; plain gilt band to lip and base of sconce, and gilt handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30903
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Purchase, 15/6/1933
Measurements
Height
(cm): 4.6
diam
(cm): 12.7
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
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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