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Pomade pot and cover
Pomade pot, soft-paste porcelain, inset base and cylindrical body, round domed cover with to the top a finial modelled in the form of a cherry with a stem and leaves, the sides of the pot and the cover divided into six panels by vertical incised lines; painted in polychrome enamels with around the exterior sides of the pot three conventional floral sprigs, around the top of the cover a spray and two sprigs of conventional flowers, puce edges to the lip-rim of the pot and the rim of the cover, the cherry finial painted in red-pink and green.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35896
Creation/Production
Sceaux Porcelain Factory
Date: 1763-1772
Acquisition
Gift, 3/12/1919
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 9.2
diam
(cm): 5.5
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 2
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
glaze
Location
In store
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