Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Cup, tea

Tea cup, hard-paste porcelain, short foot-rim and rounded sides, the handle broken off and missing; decorated in the 'decor bois' style with the exterior of the cup painted to resemble wooden boards with to the front of the cup a rectangular panel painted to resemble an engraving tacked to the boards showing a riverside landscape in puce monochrome, a gilt sprig to the interior bottom of the cup, gilt lines around the foot-rim and lip-rim.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 36579

Creation/Production

Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Nymphenburg, Germany
Period: 1770-1790

Acquisition

Gift, 1/2/1918

Measurements

Height (cm): 4.5
diam (cm): 7.8
Height (in): 1
diam (in): 3

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

Location

In store
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