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Figure of Neptune; a standing bearded man, twisting to left, wearing a crown and swathed in a purple robe reserved with gilt sprays in red bordered cartouches and lined with pink. His right hand holds the robe across his chest and he holds aloft in his left a gilt metal trident (modern replacement). Behind him is a dolphin, scaled in green and black and trimmed in red, tail upturned, water is issuing from the mouth; tall domed base thickly encrusted with shells, seaweed and coral, naturalistically enamelled.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30063
Creation/Production
Derby, England
Acquisition
Gift
Given by Miss Elizabeth Humphreys-Owen
Measurements
Height
(cm): 24.8
Depth
(cm): 13.4
Height
(in): 9
Depth
(in): 5
Techniques
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
painted
decoration
Applied Art
enamels
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
Location
Gallery 04 : Case 04
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