Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Cup, coffee

Cup, soft-paste porcelain, stands on a short foot rim with acute concave curving sides straightening towards the centre and then leading into a gentle convex curve at rim, a simple ear shaped moulded handle; painted in polychrome enamels with naturalistic game bird on tree branch and pansy painted in puce, yellow and green enamel in well centre, a gild band to foot rim and a gilt dentil edge on inside of rim, the handle is lined in gilt with arrow design on upper; distinctive glaze

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 36485

Creation/Production

Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Chelsea, London
Period: 1759-1772

Acquisition

Gift, 1/2/1918

Measurements

Height (cm): 6.8
diam (cm): 7.5
Width (cm): 9.4
Height (in): 2
diam (in): 2
Width (in): 3

Techniques

Wheel-thrown
Forming
Applied Art
Assembled
Forming
Applied Art
Enamelled
Decoration
Applied Art
Gilded
Decoration
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art

Material

Soft-paste porcelain

Location

In store
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