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Vase
Vase, earthenware, standing on a rectangular plinth, ovoid urn-shaped body with oval spreading foot and shaped lip-rim with shell-like moulding, the lower body moulded with raised vertical leaf sprays; the exterior of the vase and the plinth covered with silver lustre, this then decorated using lustre resist techniques with around the upper body a pattern of floral drops and foliate festoons, around the lower body vertical leaf sprays, a geometric pattern of overlapping oval shapes around the neck, a wavy line and stops around the foot, a plain white band around the plinth, a silver lustre band around the interior lip-rim. The lip-rim chipped.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35423
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 19th century (early)
Acquisition
Bequest, 4/2/1942
Measurements
Height
(cm): 19.4
Length
(cm): 11.5
Width
(cm): 8.7
Height
(in): 7
Length
(in): 4
Width
(in): 3
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
lustre, silver
decoration
Applied Art
wax-resist
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
glaze
Location
In store
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