Museum number
C396A
C396B
Object
Pot pourri vase made from two tea bowls, porcelain & gilt bronze, probably English, c.1840
Description
Vase.Cup mounted in metal as a vase (pot-pourri container)Egg shaped.'Bleu celeste' ground painted with panels of flowers in enamel colours and gilding.
Materials
Porcelain
On display?
Yes

Further description

Simple name
ceramics
lid
Dimensions
regular: 12.0cm (h) x 8.0cm (l) x 17.0cm (w)
Pot pourri vase Probably English Porcelain, gilt bronze, about 1840 C396 Sir William Holburne believed this object was a genuine pot pourri made by the Sèvres Porcelain Factory around 1770. In fact, it cleverly uses two porcelain tea bowls, each with fake Sèvres factory marks, to form the egg-shaped body.

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