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Vase
Vase, hard-paste porcelain with a white fine grain, fairly good translucency, slightly tinged with green; standing on a square shallow plinth, tall, slender ovoid body bolted onto a trumpet foot, and ornamented on each side with a swag of biscuit flowers including three roses, pendant from the handles, formed as a winged classical female bust with fabric tail below, neck tapering from the shoulder to an everted lip; densely painted with pink roses and green leaves; plinth sides, handles and lip gilded.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30441
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 1820 ca
Acquisition
Purchase, 4/12/1948
Measurements
Height
(cm): 30.4
Length
(cm): 13
Width
(cm): 11
Height
(in): 11
Length
(in): 5
Width
(in): 4
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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