Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Cup, cabinet and saucer

Swansea China Works (Decorator)
Evans, David (Decorator)

Cabinet cup and saucer, soft-paste ('duck egg') porcelain, of French shape with pedestal base, bulbous body with everted rim and closed scrolled handle with foliate moulding and a serrated thumb spur, the saucer with inset base and concave profile; cup and saucer decorated with enamelled bands of flowers and gilded borders of scrolls and anthemions, the handle completely gilded.

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 38269

Creation/Production

painter at the Swansea China Works
Role: Production
Role: Factory
Role: Production
Role: Decorator
Place: Swansea
Period: 1816-1825

Acquisition

Accepted in lieu of inheritance tax, 29/3/2006

Measurements

Height (cm): 10.5
Width (cm): 9.9
diam (cm): 8.4
Height (cm): 2.2
diam (cm): 14.4
Height (in): 4
Width (in): 3
diam (in): 3
Height (in): 7
diam (in): 5

Techniques

Jolleyed
Forming
Applied Art
Jiggered
Forming
Applied Art
Press-moulded
Forming
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art
Enamelled
Decoration
Applied Art
Gilded
Decoration
Applied Art

Material

Soft-paste porcelain

Location

In store
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