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Candlestick, chamber
Producer: Swansea China Works
Chamber candlestick, soft-paste porcelain; standing on a straight sided foot rim curving into straight spreading sides; central sconce with rounded and ridged base, curved sides, flaring sharply at lip; loop handle with serpentine head and forked tail; beaded moulding to sconce and saucer lip; painted with three flower sprigs in pink, yellow, purple, and green enamels; miniature gilt seaweed pattern inside sconce lip; plain gilt bands to sconce and saucer lip, gilt detail to handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30902
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Role: Production
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Gift, 21/12/1925
Given by E.M. Hann
Measurements
Height: 4.9cm
diam(cm):12.6
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
Gallery 17 : Case 05
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