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Sauce-tureen, cover and stand
Sauce tureen and cover, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain with a deep blue green translucency; stand, soft-paste 'trident' porcelain with an earthy translucency; tureen standing on a narrow pedestal base, with curved sides to shoulder and concave curve to lip; upturned double spindle handles with rosette discs; flat-topped conical cover with beaded moulding and a pineapple finial; all transfer printed and infilled in enamel with the botanical specimens named above; gilt band of leaves around shoulder; gilt bands to foot rim, lip, and shoulder.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31042
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1817-1825
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 14.2
l(cm) handle to handle:18.9
l(cm)
Width
(cm): 16.1
Height
(in): 5
l(in) handle to handle:7 7/16
l(in)
Width
(in): 6
Height
(cm): 2.9
diam
(cm): 18.3
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 7
Techniques
moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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