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Vase
Barr, Flight and Barr
(Decorator)
Baxter, Thomas (junior)
(Decorator)
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 the Gardener from William Cowper’s poem 'The Task', a pale brown ground and gilded with square classical scrolls inside the rim and with classical leaf and other motifs on the stem and base, the handles completely gilded.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 38262
Creation/Production
1810-1813 / 1810-1813
Role: Production
Role: Factory
Role: Production
Role: Decorator
Period:
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): 13.7
Width
(cm): 13.5
diam
(cm): 10.7
Height
(in): 5 3/8
Width
(in): 5 5/16
diam
(in): 4 3/16
Material
Soft-paste porcelain
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