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Nyon Porcelain Factory (Factory)

Stand, hard-paste porcelain, triangular shape with rounded corners, flat base and curving sides, to the upperside of the stand are firmly attached three cup-shaped bowls, one in each corner of the stand, with short cylindrical foot-rim and rounded curving sides, each bowl has a round domed cover with to the top a pinecone finial; finely painted in polychrome enamels with around the sides of the stand , the upper exterior sides of the bowls and the sides of the covers a wide border between two gilt bands of a wreath of green foliage with large red flowers and smaller blue and yellow flowers, to the centre of the well of the stand are scattered bourbon sprigs in blue, yellow and green, the pinecone finials picked out in gilt.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 35654

Creation/Production

Nyon Porcelain Factory
Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Nyon, Switzerland
Period: 1780-1790

Acquisition

Gift, 1/2/1918

Measurements

Height (cm): 10.9
Length (cm): 23.5
Width (cm): 22
Height (in): 4
Length (in): 9
Width (in): 8

Techniques

Press-moulded
Forming
Applied Art
Wheel-thrown
Forming
Applied Art
Assembled
Forming
Applied Art
Enamelled
Decoration
Applied Art
Gilded
Decoration
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art

Material

Hard-paste porcelain
Enamel
Gilding
Glaze

Location

On Display

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Categories

Porslen y Swistir | Swiss porcelain Porslen | Porcelain Cerameg | Ceramics Celf Gymhwysol | Applied Art
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