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Vase
Baxter, Thomas (junior) (1782 - 1821)
Evans, David (painter at the Swansea China Works)
Swansea pot pourri vase and cover, soft paste 'duck egg' porcelain, green translucency and lustrous glaze with a slight green tinge. Urn shaped moulded form; band of moulded acanthus leaves below beading on spreading foot and around wide flared rim, lower part of body moulded with gadroons. Spindle handles terminating in flower heads; shallow conical cover, pierced with ovals, and with beading below a bud shaped finial. Frieze of naturalistically painted growing garden flowers around body of urn, and on lid. Part gilding of acanthus leaves, gadrooning, and finial; gilt banding on foot and cover.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 32638
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Baxter, Thomas (junior)
Evans, David
Date: 1815-1817 –
Acquisition
Purchase, 1892
Measurements
Height
(cm): 14
Depth
(cm): 12
Height
(in): 5
Depth
(in): 4
Techniques
moulded
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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