Ice pail
Category
Ceramics
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ceramic
Measurements
320 x 115 mm; 230 mm (Diameter)
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 21189.1.1
Summary
White china ice-pail on pedestal base. Made in two pieces and pedestal screwed onto body. Has two attached square gilt handles and a square gilt foot. Gilt rim and decorated with a band of gilt ivy leaves above a band of green loops and narrow red lines on a pale yellow ground. Below this is a band of gold patterning. Around base of body is a matching band of gold patterning. Pedestal decorated with four bands of gold. The Sèvres mark on base. Small chip on one corner of foot. Part of a Sèvres dessert service.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.