| Description | Large circular tureen type base with two handles A basin sits in the top with a fitted cover for use as an ice cream or sorbet holder. Alternatively the collar and wine amphora can sit in the top of the same base. Decorated with raised white and unglazed Classical creatures and a background of thousands of gold dots. Small enamel portraits represent Tragedy, Comedy and Shakespeare. (Total 5 pieces – base, bowl, cover, collar and amphora ) |
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| Date Made | 1853 |
| Artist | Thomas Bott |
| Material | Bone China |
| Factory Mark | none |
| Provenance/Accession | From the Works Museum Collection |
| Museum Number | 2245 |