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Inkstand
Swansea China Works
(Factory)
Inkstand, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain with a green translucency; cockle shaped with a flat unglazed base, and sunken flat top and inkwell; periwinkle pen holder, and a flattened domed cover ( finial missing ); painted with a frieze of garden flowers around rim of inkwell, and on the cover, including tulips, convolvuli, and pink roses; cockle ribs high-lighted in gilt, gilt pen holder, and gilt band to cover rim.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33850
Creation/Production
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 5.9
Length
(cm): 10
Width
(cm): 8.7
Height
(in): 2 5/16
Length
(in): 3 15/16
Width
(in): 3 7/16
Material
Soft-paste porcelain
Enamel
Gilding
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