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Sucrier with cover
Sucrier, black basalt, oval form with rounded foot-rim and straight sides, around the lower body a broad band of engine-turned basketwork, to either side of the body applied groups of animals from Aesop's fables, to one side a fox fleeing from a lion and to the other side a donkey kicking a fox, an engine-turned diapered band around the upper body, oval flat cover with to the centre a finial modelled in the 'Widow of Zarapheth' form and enclosed by a scalloped and fluted gallery. The rim of the cover chipped.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 36003
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 19th century (early) –
Measurements
Height
(cm): 11.8
Length
(cm): 12.7
Width
(cm): 9.4
Height
(in): 4
Length
(in): 5
Width
(in): 3
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
engine-turned
decoration
Applied Art
applied
decoration
Applied Art
Material
basalt
Location
In store
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