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Violet pot
Voilet pot and cover, greyish, and probably hard-paste, porcelain, good clear translucency and colourless glaze; oval body on shallow, slightly recessed foot, sides spreading to waved lip, two upright loop handles with floret terminals; domed cover with flat top and similar loop handle, pierced with a line of ten oval holes alternating with ten smaller round ones; gilt line to the foot, the sides painted with swags and trails of flowers, the handles gilt, the cover with a band of flower and daisy heads, painted around the pierced holes.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 32330
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 1815-1825
Acquisition
Bequest, 26/5/1994
Measurements
Height
(cm): 5.7
Length
(cm): 10.3
Width
(cm): 7
Height
(in): 2
Length
(in): 4
Width
(in): 2
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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