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Tureen, cream with cover
Cream tureen and cover, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; mounted on a round narrow plinth, with rosette and anthemion moulding around the edge, set on three paw feet; a narrow pedestal base, and octagonal body with eight ribs; upturned double spindle handles with rosette discs, raised cover with an ogee profile and a pine cone finial; the botanical plants named above after engravings taken from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, and transfer printed and infilled enamel on each side, and on the cover; gilt bands to plinth, foot rim, shoulder, lip, and handles.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31040
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Purchase, 1882
Measurements
Height
(cm): 17.8
l(cm) handle to handle:17.2
l(cm)
Width
(cm): 15.5
Height
(in): 7
l(in) handle to handle:6 13/16
l(in)
Width
(in): 6
Techniques
moulded
forming
Applied Art
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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