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Taperstick
Taperstick, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; standing on a foot rim curving into straight flared sides, shaped with a ring handle; a tall narrow sconce in the centre, indented at the base, with an everted lip; four bouquets of flowers in green pots painted in polychrome enamels around the edge, with plain gilt bands to the lip of the dish and sconce, around the base and middle of the sconce, and a gilt handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30913
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 3.3
diam
(cm): 7
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 2
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
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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