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| inventarisnummer | AAA4977
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| collectie | Ceramics
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| museum | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
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| datum | 1844
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| omschrijving | Cheese dish in blue and white porcelain with a lid in the form of Nelson's column. In four pieces 1) An eight-sided stand with four paw feet, blue rope borders and fruiting vine decoration. 2) An eight-sided container with a moulded border of arches and shells at the top and leaves at the base. Blue reliefs of Britannia, and Cupid with Venus are applied to a white ground. 3) An eight-sided domed cover with a leaf border and swags of blue fabric in relief, surmounted by a column. 4) A finial modelled and coloured as a figure of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) with a sword and a hat. The name of the maker, the pottery and the date are incised on the bases of the container and stand.
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| afmetingen | Overall: 533 x 290 x 290 mm; stand: 60 x 300 x 300 mm; container: 110 x 185 x 185 mm; cover: 260 x 150 x 150 mm; finial: 120 x 30 x 25 mm
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