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Pot and cover
Pot, earthenware, moulded in the form of a bundle of asparagus, inset base within a flattened-off foot-rim, reeded sides encircled by two moulded staves, round domed cover moulded in the form of the tips of the asparagus; covered all over with a cream ground, the moulded staves and the rim of the cover painted with silver lustre which is very worn around the rim of the cover, the reeded sides of the pot and the asparagus tips to the cover decorated with short diagonal lines in silver lustre. The tips of the asparagus to the cover chipped.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35453
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 19th century
Acquisition
Bequest, 4/2/1942
Measurements
Height
(cm): 11.8
diam
(cm): 9.2
Height
(in): 4
diam
(in): 3
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
lustre, silver
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
glaze
Location
In store
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