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Salt, soft-paste porcelain, moulded in the form of a shell with curving rounded fluted sides and scalloped rim, supported on a base moulded to resemble a wreath of coral branches encrusted with smaller moulded shells; left in the white and glazed.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34822
Creation/Production
Chelsea Porcelain Factory
Date: 1744-1749
Acquisition
Bequest, 1929
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6
Length
(cm): 7.9
Width
(cm): 7.6
Height
(in): 2
Length
(in): 3
Width
(in): 2
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
glaze
Location
Front Hall, North Balcony : Case J
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