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Description: | Blue and white jasperware bulb pot formed of a deep oval bowl, the sides of which flare upwards and inwards at the neck to form the slightly outward flaring shaped rim. The base is moulded with diaper ornament from which spring large acanthus leaves, set above is a border formed into panels by arched acanthus ornament and upright honeysuckle flowers. On either side of the bulb-pot there is a scallop shell shaped handle. Around the neck a border of formal ornament with trophies of musical instruments and bands of flowers, foliage and paterae. Into the bulb-pot fits an oval section into this fit four onion shaped sections, these small containers are for the bulbs.
Purchased of the assistance of MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund.
Size: Length: 26.6 cm. | License: | http://www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk/terms/ | Rights holder: | The Bowes Museum | Subjects: | 277 | Source: | Bowes-OAI | Identifier: | http://www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk/collect... | Go to resource |
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