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Vase
Baxter, Thomas (junior) (1782 - 1821)
Campana-shaped vase, soft-paste porcelain, with square foot, spool-shaped stem, a lip round the rim, a row of applied pearls round the rim and stem, entwined snake handles; enamelled with a scene depicting Kate from William Cowper’s poem 'The Task', a pale blue ground and gilded with classical scrolls inside the rim, with acanthus leaves round the stem and with caillouté patterning on the foot, the handles completely gilded.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 38264
Creation/Production
Barr, Flight and Barr
Baxter, Thomas (junior)
Date: 1810-1813 –
Acquisition
Accepted in lieu of inheritance tax, 29/3/2006
Accepted by HM Government in Lieu of Tax and allocated to Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
Measurements
Height
(cm): 14
Width
(cm): 13.6
diam
(cm): 10.7
Height
(in): 5
Width
(in): 5
diam
(in): 4
Techniques
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
manipulated
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
Location
Gallery 07A North
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