Tureen and Cover
1870 (made)
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The dish has two loop handles and four feet of leaf scroll pattern picked out in crimson and is decorated with moulded sprays and painted in colours, the flowers in lustre. The domed lid surmounted by a knob in the form of a pear and decorated with applied fruits and leaves. Both pieces painted with bouquets of flowers in colours.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware with applied and painted decoration |
| Brief description | Tureen and cover of buff earthenware covered with a tin glaze and with enamel-painted moulded and applied decoration. Swedish, Rorstrand, 1870. |
| Physical description | The dish has two loop handles and four feet of leaf scroll pattern picked out in crimson and is decorated with moulded sprays and painted in colours, the flowers in lustre. The domed lid surmounted by a knob in the form of a pear and decorated with applied fruits and leaves. Both pieces painted with bouquets of flowers in colours. |
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| Credit line | Given by H. M. Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 |
| Object history | Part of a group of objects (C.604-643) acquired from 'The Royal Commissioners for the 1851 Exhibition'. It was assigned 'H.M.C. Loan No.92' and in the register is a 'Form of label to be attached to objects purchased for Her Majesty's Commissioners'. On the label: Punchbowl, earthenware, date of manufacture 1870. |
| Other number | HMC.92 - H.M.C. Loan no. |
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| Accession number | C.606-1921 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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