Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Cup and saucer

Cup, hard-paste porcelain, standing on a cylindrical slightly flaring foot-rim, rounded curving sides, plain loop handle; finely painted in polychrome enamels and gilt with around the exterior upper body a border of repeating floral sprigs in purple and green enamels and feathery gilt ornament, a band of gilt dots around the centre of the exterior body, gilt lines around the foot-rim and lip-rim, the handle picked out in gilt. Saucer, hard-paste porcelain, inset base and flaring sides; finely painted in polychrome enamels and gilt with around the sides of the well a border of repeating floral sprigs in purple and green enamels and feathery gilt ornament, to the centre of the well scattered floral sprigs in blue and green enamels and foiate sprigs in gilt which have mostly worn off, a band of gilt dots around the edge of the well, a gilt edge to the rim.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 35955

Creation/Production

Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Paris
Period: 1776-1792

Acquisition

Gift, 1/2/1918

Measurements

Height (cm): 5.2
diam (cm): 8.9
Width (cm): 10
Height (in): 2
diam (in): 3
Width (in): 3
Height (cm): 3
diam (cm): 13.1
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
Enamel
Gilding
Glaze

Location

In store
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