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Vase and cover
Vase of inverted pear shape with cylindrical neck and flared foot. Royal blue ground with caillouté gilding. Circular reserve on one side, painted in polychrome enamels with a butterfly and garden flowers, including a rose and an iris. Circular domed cover with flat rim and acorn-shaped finial. Band of gilt husks above foot and around neck; gilt banding to foot, around bottom of body, above and below neck, around cover, rim and finial. Acorn nut finial also gilt.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30554
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 25.3
Height
(cm): 30.2
diam
(cm): 19
Height
(in): 9
Height
(in): 11
diam
(in): 7
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
pearlware
Location
In store
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