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Bough-pot
Billingsley, William (1758 - 1828)
Bough pot, hybrid-paste porcelain; half-circular/lunette shaped, on three bun feet, bow fronted with a flat back, and waved lip, slightly fluted around the base; seven hollow tubes protruding from inside the base; seven small holes in the cover and five larger openings with curved upright collars; painted with a rectangular panel of a basket of flowers including pink roses, blue convolvuli and a purple and yellow tylip; flanked by two panels with an elaborate gilt motif, with four c-scrolls in the centre and anthemions around the edge; salmon pink enamel painted inside the fluting, outlined in gilt; gilt bun feet, gilt lip.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34130
Creation/Production
Unknown
Billingsley, William
Date: 1800 ca –
Acquisition
Purchase, 17/7/1987
Measurements
Height
(cm): 17.2
Width
(cm): 10.8
Length
(cm): 20.9
Height
(in): 6
Width
(in): 4
Length
(in): 8
Techniques
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hybrid-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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