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Butter-tub and cover
Nantgarw China Works (1813 - 1822)
Butter dish and cover, soft-paste porcelain with a creamy, pale buff translucency; shallow cylindrical shape, flat, slightly curved cover, with a pinecone finial; dish and cover painted with three pink, puce, and blue enamelled flower sprays between three gilt anthemions; gilt band to the foot rim, lip, and cover rim, and gilt finial.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33652
Creation/Production
Nantgarw China Works
Date: 1817-1822
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 7.4
diam
(cm): 10.8
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 4
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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