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Pot, honey and cover
Honey pot and cover, skep beehive form, pearl-glazed earthenware, deep saucer with no footring, high ribbed dome the lower half integral to saucer and the upper half detachable, spherical finial. Exterior painted in mid-brown enamels, and details in dark brown enamel - a running border of scrolls and flowers to saucer, a bee in small recessed semi-circle to base of dome, strokes to hive ribbing, radiating strokes to finial, brown enamel rim to saucer.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30735
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 13.2
diam
(cm): 14.2
Height
(in): 5
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
Material
pearlware
Location
In store
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