Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Cup, coffee

Swansea China Works (Decorator)
Morris, Henry (Decorator)

Coffee cup, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; London shape, standing on a broad rounded foot rim with a thick curvaceous ogee handle, the tip extending above the rim; decorated with a border of blue and gilt cornucopiae filled with summer flowers, alternating with scroll and leaf motifs in gilding, with a gilt band around foot rim, lip and on interior below lip with foliate gilt decoration to the handle and gilt circle and floral motif at the interior centre.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 34358

Creation/Production

Henry Morris, 1799-1880, at Swansea 1814-1826
Role: Production
Role: Factory
Role: Production
Role: Decorator
Place: Swansea
Period: 1814-1826

Acquisition

Purchase, 19/10/1999

Measurements

Height (cm): 6.9
Length (cm): 10.3
Width (cm): 8.6
Height (in): 2
Length (in): 4
Width (in): 3

Techniques

Press-moulded
Forming
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art
Enamelled
Decoration
Applied Art
Gilded
Decoration
Applied Art
Slip-cast
Forming
Applied Art

Material

Soft-paste porcelain
Enamel
Gilt

Location

In store
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