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Oviform vase, slightly grainy 'trident' paste porcelain, poor translucency, clear slightly pitted glaze, slender oviform body, high neck with flat everted lip, knopped hour-glass stem and square foot, elaborate curved handles with moulded fan and anthemion terminals; made in two sections, joining at top of stem, and fastened with a steel rod with a brass nut and washer under the foot. Decorated on either side with landscapes, one a river scene, crags to right, the other a road with a ruined building to right and a shrine to left, both reserved against dotted gilt quatrefoils on the white ground, gold ground to lip, neck and stem, handles parcel gilt, caillouté gilding to the foot.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30889
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Unknown
Acquisition
Purchase, 11/10/1988
Measurements
Height
(cm): 26.1
l(cm) handle to handle:14
l(cm)
Width
(cm): 9.2
Height
(in): 10
l(in) handle to handle:5 1/2
l(in)
Width
(in): 3
Techniques
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
brass
steel
Location
In store
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