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Inkpot
Inkpot and cover, soft-paste 'duck egg'porcelain, thickly potted but with slight green translucency, clear glaze with green tinge, the base unglazed; in the form of a fluted shell, with recessed flat top, domed shell-shaped cover with small shell finial and shell pen holder; the exterior decorated with an underglaze ground, the concave flutes and the finial, penholder etc. gilded, and cailloute gilding to the top.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 32333
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1815-1825
Acquisition
Bequest, 26/5/1994
Measurements
Height
(cm): 7
Length
(cm): 10.2
Width
(cm): 8.9
Height
(in): 2
Length
(in): 4
Width
(in): 3
Techniques
moulded
forming
Applied Art
underglaze blue
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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