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Vase, pot-pourri with cover
Pot pourri vase, soft-paste porcelain; standing on a round pedestal base with acanthus leaf and beaded moulding; urn shaped with a gadroon moulded bowl and a flared flanged rim with acanthus leaf and beaded moulding; double curved spindle handles with embossed florets; flat topped conical perforated cover with beaded moulding and a pointed bud finial; painted with a deep continuous border of finely painted growing garden flowers on the vase and cover; acanthus leaf and gadroon moulding highlighted with gilt, and gilt detail on handles and finial.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30907
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Purchase, 1892
Measurements
Height
(cm): 13.5
diam
(cm): 11.5
l(cm) handle to handle:11.7
l(cm)
Height
(in): 5
diam
(in): 4
l(in) handle to handle:4 5/8
l(in)
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
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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