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Sucrier with cover
Sucrier, hard-paste porcelain, inset base, cylindrical sides, round domed cover with to the top a finial modelled in the form of a bunch of grapes, moulded leaves around the base of the finial; the exterior sides of the sucrier and the top of the cover covered with a thickly spotted decoration of floral sprigs in polychrome enamels, including roses and pansies, and smaller gilt leaf sprigs, gilt lines around the exterior lip-rim of the sucrier and the rim of the cover, the finial painted in puce and green, the moulded leaves picked out in gilt. The foot-rim of the sucrier and the rim of the cover chipped.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35611
Creation/Production
Gera Porcelain Factory
Date: 1790-1800
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 8.3
diam
(cm): 8.1
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 3
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
glaze
Location
In store
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