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Wine coaster
Wine coaster, one of four, circular, turned wlanut base inset with baize and with concentric turned rings forming a central boss in the inside centre, the vertical sides formed from bands of silver seamed once vertically and with an applied moulded band at top and bottom and a beaded band around the rim; the sides pireced with a design of vertical bars, festoons suspended from five medallions four of which pierced with a quatrefoil motif, the fifth left blank, the festoons chased with foliate decoration.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51385
Creation/Production
Aldridge, Charles & Henry Green
Date: 1774-1775
Acquisition
Purchase - with support, 3/5/2001
Purchased with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the National Art Collections Fund and the Goldsmiths' Company.
Measurements
Height
(cm): 3.8
Depth
(cm): 12.2
Height
(in): 1
Depth
(in): 4
Techniques
pierced
decoration
Applied Art
chased
decoration
Applied Art
soldered
forming
Applied Art
turned
forming
Applied Art
Material
silver, sterling standard
walnut
textile
Location
In store
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