Tazza
ca. 1868 (made)
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Tazza of porcelain, moulded in relief, with applied festoons of flowers. In the form of a shallow gadrooned crater with handles each in the form of two snakes, supported on a cylindrical pedestal rising from a square plinth. Round the wide flat rim is a border of palmettes. On either side of the pedestal is a goat's head from which hang down two festoons of flowers.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain, moulded in relief, with applied decoration |
| Brief description | Tazza of porcelain, moulded in relief and with applied decoration, Belleek pottery, Northern Ireland, ca. 1868 |
| Physical description | Tazza of porcelain, moulded in relief, with applied festoons of flowers. In the form of a shallow gadrooned crater with handles each in the form of two snakes, supported on a cylindrical pedestal rising from a square plinth. Round the wide flat rim is a border of palmettes. On either side of the pedestal is a goat's head from which hang down two festoons of flowers. |
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| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Production | 3881-1901 to 3892-1901 purchased April 1868 by the Museum of Practical Geology |
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| Bibliographic reference | Langham, Marian, 'Belleek Irish Porcelain' Quiller Press, 1993 |
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| Accession number | 3881-1901 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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