Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Cup, coffee

Caughley (Factory)

Coffee cup, soaprock porcelain, short foot-rim, high cuving sides and plain loop handle; transfer-printed in underglaze blue with around the exterior sides the 'Willow Nankin' pattern, an oriental-style pattern with an island and buildings to the right, a willow tree in the foreground, a small island to the top left and two birds flying above, around the interior lip-rim a cell border with a dagger pattern frieze below, gilt lines around the foot-rim and lip-rim, the handle picked out in gilt.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 37117

Creation/Production

Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Shropshire
Period: 1780 ca

Acquisition

Bequest, 1929

Measurements

Height (cm): 6.5
diam (cm): 6.2
Width (cm): 8.7
Height (in): 2
diam (in): 2
Width (in): 3

Techniques

Wheel-thrown
Forming
Applied Art
Press-moulded
Forming
Applied Art
Assembled
Forming
Applied Art
Transfer-printed
Decoration
Applied Art
Gilded
Decoration
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art

Material

Soaprock porcelain

Location

In store
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