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Vase
Vase, soft-paste porcelain; standing on a round tapering pedestal base, with curved sides to a centre shoulder break, and flared to lip; eagle handles with outstretched wings; painted with a spray of garden flowers on each side; a gilt seaweed pattern to the base; a gilt continuous pattern of variously stylised leaves below the shoulder, and a gilt border of convolvulus flowers inside the lip; gilt handles, and gilt bands to the base, shoulder, and lip.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30919
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Purchase
1 vase exchanged 7/10/1920 for bulb & flower stand
Measurements
Height
(cm): 14.6
diam
(cm): 8.3
l(cm) handle to handle:10.1
l(cm)
Height
(in): 5
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to handle:4
l(in)
Techniques
wheel-engraved
engraved
decoration
Applied Art
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
moulded
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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