Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Cup, tea and saucer

Teacup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; the cup standing on a rounded foot rim, London shape, and curvaceous ogee handle; the saucer standing on a rounded foot rim with curved spreading sides; both painted with set pattern 469; a broad border of alternating reversed gilt anthemoins and stylised foliage, on a pale underglaze blue ground, with a narrow border of gilt leaves and berries below; gilt band to foot rim and lip, and gilt detail on the handle.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 30897

Creation/Production

Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Swansea
Period: 1816-1826

Acquisition

Purchase

Measurements

Height (cm): 6.8
diam (cm): 8.9
l(cm) handle to lip:10.6
l(cm)
Height (in): 2
diam (in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 3/16
l(in)
Height (cm): 3
diam (cm): 14.6
Height (in): 1
diam (in): 5

Techniques

Wheel-thrown
Forming
Applied Art
Jolleyed
Forming
Applied Art
Press-moulded
Forming
Applied Art
Jiggered
Forming
Applied Art
Underglaze blue
Decoration
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art
Gilded
Decoration
Applied Art

Material

Soft-paste porcelain
Gilding

Location

In store
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