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Cheese-cradle
Cheese-cradle, tin-plate, punt-shaped form with roll ends and curving sides, resting on two oblong feet; covered with a deep brown japan ground on top, and black japan beneath, decorated with an all-over star pattern in crimson and with scroll and star pattern borders in silver to which the varnish has given a gold tinge.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 50023
Creation/Production
Usk
Date: 1800-1840
Acquisition
Purchase, 1903
Measurements
Height
(cm): 8.1
Length
(cm): 30.4
Width
(cm): 14.4
Height
(in): 3
Length
(in): 12
Width
(in): 5
Techniques
cut
decoration
Applied Art
soldered
forming
Applied Art
japanned
decoration
Applied Art
silvered
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
tin-plate
Location
In store
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