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Flower pot and stand
Flower pot and stand, soft-paste porcelain, the stand with flaring foot-rim and flat base with inset centre, the flower pot beaker-shaped with flaring sides, rounded lip-rim and a flange to the underside to allow it to slot into the stand, to either side of the exterior upper body of the flower pot twin moulded ornamental ring handles; painted in brown enamel and gilt with around the exterior upper body of the flower pot a classical border between two gilt and brown bands of pillars enclosing panels painted with stylized flowers and foliage, around the lower exterior body of the flower pot a running border of acorns and oakleaves, a gilt band around the lower rim of the flower pot, a pattern of gilt dots around the lip-rim with a wide gilt edge to the lip-rim, the handles painted in gilt, around the exterior of the stand a classical border of stylized sprays of flowers and foliage below gilt arches and separated by gilt foliate motifs, several gilt bands around the foot-rim. The foot-rim and upper rim of the stand chipped.