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Vase, with cover
Vase, black basalt, now badly broken and in several pieces making it difficult to provide an accurate description, standing on a square base, spreading foot with narrow stem, ovoid body with flat top rising up into a candlestick-like sconce, to either side of the top are twin raised scrolled handles with foliate moulding at the terminals, small round high-domed cover with to the top a ball finial, decorated with around the base applied anthemions, around the body applied acanthus leaves and lilies with a border of roses around the upper body, applied leaves around the sconce and the top of the cover.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35869
Creation/Production
Adams, William
Acquisition
Purchase, 5/1/1915
Measurements
Height
(cm): 28.7
diam
(cm): 12
Height
(in): 11
diam
(in): 4
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
applied
decoration
Applied Art
Material
basalt
Location
In store
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