Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Cup, coffee and saucer

Coffee cup, hard-paste porcelain, short foot-rim, straight sides curving inwards towards the base and with slightly flaring rim, double scroll handle with a moulded leaf to the shoulder; decorated in purple monochrome with around the exterior sides a spray and a sprig of Oriental flowers heightened with touches of gilt, around the interior lip-rim a scroll border in purple monochrome with gilt flowers, a small insect in purple to the interior of the cup, the handle picked out in purple. Saucer, hard-paste porcelain, short foot-rim and curving sides; decorated in purple monochrome with to the well a spray and scattered sprigs of Oriental flowers heightened with touches of gilt, around the rim a scroll border in purple monochrome with gilt flowers.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 36358

Creation/Production

Höchst Porcelain Factory

Acquisition

Gift, 1/2/1918

Measurements

Height (cm): 6.4
diam (cm): 6
Width (cm): 8
Height (in): 2
diam (in): 2
Width (in): 3
Height (cm): 3.5
diam (cm): 13.9
Height (in): 1
diam (in): 5

Techniques

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

Material

Hard-paste porcelain

Location

In store
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