Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Cup, tea and saucer

Teacup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain; the cup standing on a rounded foot rim, London shape, with a curvaceous ogee handle; the saucer set on a rounded foot rim with slightly curved spreading sides; both painted with set pattern 478; a wide band of underglaze blue and gilt vitruvian scroll, lined with underglaze blue, gilt, and black seeded green, issuing gilt cornucopiae, on a pink ground; a narrow black seeded green band above with alternating red and gilt stylised flowers and an underglaze blue and gilt c-scroll; gilt leaf to the handle, and a gilt band to the foot rim and lip.

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 31221

Creation/Production

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

Acquisition

Bequest, 10/12/1953

Measurements

Height (cm): 6.4
diam (cm): 8.6
l(cm) handle to lip:10.3
l(cm)
Height (in): 2
diam (in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 1/16
l(in)
Height (cm): 2.9
diam (cm): 14.7
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
Slip-cast
Forming
Applied Art
Underglaze blue
Decoration
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art
Enamelled
Decoration
Applied Art
Gilded
Decoration
Applied Art

Material

Soft-paste porcelain
Enamel
Gilding

Location

On Display
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