Artist:Worcester Royal Porcelain Co.
Medium: Porcelain
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Dates:ca. 1880
Dimensions: Other: 11 1/8 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (28.3 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm)
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Accession Number: 1999.152.292
Catalogue Description: Ivory-bodied molded bottle with spherical body raised on circular gilded foot with band of low relief florets; body is asymmetrically painted with irises, ducks in flight on recto and bats in flight on verso, naturalistically depicted in blue, red, purple and green, all with gold highlights. Attenuated trumpet shaped neck emerges from body from band of low-relief florets and rises to a knop with alternating bands of vertical lines and low-relief arabesque within gilded ogee arches on neck above and below, where two opposed gilded dolphin-shaped handles meet the neck, painted gray with reticulated floret and gold trim. Gilded lip. Underneath, pieces of brown felt are adhered to rim of base. Condition: good.