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Vase
Vase, one of a pair, soft-paste porcelain; set on a square plinth; round pedestal base, slender ovoid shape, with a high neck and flared lip; squared shoulder loop handles joined to neck of vase and extending down the sides; painted with a bouquet of garden flowers on each side in polychrome enamels; gilt marbling on the plinth, and gilt handles; a gilt and enamelled scrolling foliate border to the base and shoulder, and an elaborate gilt border of a trellis pattern with swags and pendant vine stems to the lip.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30910
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 24.8
l(cm) handle to handle:8.9
l(cm)
Width
(cm): 7.9
Height
(in): 9
l(in) handle to handle:3 1/2
l(in)
Width
(in): 3
Techniques
moulded
forming
Applied Art
wheel-thrown
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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