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Tea urn
Tea urn, standing on a plain square base supported at the corners by lion pads surmounted by palm scrolls and demi-palmettes, the spreading foot is gadrooned at the base, and junction with hemisperical body, the latter ornamented only with braod band of reeding at top, passing above two twin lion masks from which spring the reeded and bound handles. Straight spigot twining down to serpent head terminal fan shaped tap; collar with gadrooned edge encloses the shallow domed cover with twisted oval finial. Urn contains sleeve for a box iron.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51118
Acquisition
Purchase
Measurements
Height
(cm): 31.2
Height
(in): 12
Length
(cm): 28.8
Length
(in): 11
Width
(cm): 29.8
Width
(in): 11
Weight
(gr): 3496.16
Weight
(troy): 112
Material
silver
Location
Gallery 07A North
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