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Vase
Vase, earthenware, flat base from which curve the sides of the vase into a short vertical wall from which flares out a trumpet-shaped body with a flared flattened rim, the bottom is wider than the rim; the interior is glazed, the exterior is painted black, the rim is transfer-printed with a cell border in red, the vertical sides are transfer-printed with a border of flower motifs and waved lines in red, the main body is decorated with a frieze of figures in classical dress surrounded by classical motifs in red transfer-print.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 38692
Acquisition
Gift, 1897
Given by Robert Drane
Measurements
Height
(cm): 14.4
diam
(cm): 12
Height
(in): 5
diam
(in): 4
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
painted
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
Location
In store
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