Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Cup, two-handled

Cup, two-handled, soft paste porcelain, standing on a slim pedestal with circular foot, the body of an open cup form with plain rim, two handles that are angular in profile, extending from beneath the rim to the top of the pedestal; powdered blue ground colour to the main body of the cup and foot, with a panel in reserve painted in polychrome enamels with Raglan Castle in a picturesque/bucolic landscape bordered in gilt, the edge of the rim left in reserve and with a plain band of gilt, two bands of gil at the top of the pedestal stem with a row of linked circles and radiating dots between, the handles with a gilt pattern of stylised flower heads and dots, plain band of gilt at outer edge of foot, the vertical edge of the foot painted with black enamels in imitation of marble.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 39553

Creation/Production

Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Worcestershire
Period: 1790-1810

Acquisition

Bequest, 1929

Measurements

Height (cm): 11.3
Height (in): 4
diam(cm) rim:10
diam(cm)
diam(in) rim:9 15/16
diam(in)
l(cm) handle to handle:13.9
l(cm)
l(in) handle to handle:5 1/2
l(in)

Techniques

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

Material

Soft-paste porcelain

Location

In store
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