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Vase
Vase, soft-paste porcelain, with a white translucency tinged with green; standing on a trumpet foot, krater shaped vase with bulging sides to shoulder, wide concave curved collar with flared lip; eagle handles with outstretched wings; painted in polychrome enamels on either side of collar with a spray of flowers; gilt detail to handles, and gilt seaweed border below ( very worn ); plain gilt bands to foot, and lip.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33845
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Purchase, 4/12/1917
Measurements
Height
(cm): 16.2
l(cm) handle to handle:11.1
l(cm)
Width
(cm): 9.9
Height
(in): 6
l(in) handle to handle:4 3/8
l(in)
Width
(in): 3
Techniques
moulded
forming
Applied Art
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
assembled
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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