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Tray
Gaming tray, papier mâché, oblong form with raised outcurved sides and rounded corners; the underside covered with a black shellac varnish, the upperside covered with a slightly greyer more translucent shellac varnish, the upperside decorated in the Chinese style with a group of buildings, trees and flowering shrubs in orange and silver to which the glaze has given a golden tinge.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 50067
Creation/Production
Usk
Date: 1840-1860
Acquisition
Exchange, 15/3/1916
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.7
Length
(cm): 11.9
Width
(cm): 7.5
Height
(in): 1
Length
(in): 4
Width
(in): 2
Techniques
shellac varnish
decoration
Applied Art
painted
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
papier mâché
Location
In store
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