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Probably made by: Minton & Co. (English, active 1793–present)
English
about 1830
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
50.7 x 30.5 cm (19 15/16 x 12 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number1992.468
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionBone china with polychrome decoration and gilding. Unmarked. White bowl with everted lip resting in a shallow turquoise and gilt gadrooned bowl filled with a mass of naturalistically-colored and modelled flowers, fruit and foliage. The bowl rests on a tall shaped column rising from a smaller turquoise and gilt gadrooned bowl. This section is joined to a circular base atop a tripod platform by means of a metal edged screw attachment. The white stand is decorated with molded scrolls picked out in gilding and gilt sprigs covered with applied flowers. Underside is decorated with sprigs of blue flowers.