Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Cup and cover

Cup and cover, soft-paste porcelain, the cup on a slightly tapering foot ring, curved sides with vertical reeded moulding stopping short of the rim, two angular handles, the cover slightly domed with radiating reeded moulding and globular finial with nipple top; a band of flowers enamelled below the rim of the cup and round the edge of the cover, gold lines round the foot ring and edging the handles, gold dentilated rim and edge of cover, further gilding on the handles and finial.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 37247

Creation/Production

Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Chelsea, London
Period: 1770-1784

Acquisition

Gift, 1/2/1918

Measurements

Height (cm): 6.7
Width (cm): 11.5
diam (cm): 7.1
Height (in): 2
Width (in): 4
diam (in): 2
Height (cm): 3.2
diam (cm): 7.5
Height (in): 1
diam (in): 2
h(cm) overall:9
h(cm)
h(in) overall:3 9/16
h(in)

Techniques

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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