Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Cup, tea and saucer

Tea cup, hard-paste porcelain, short foot-rim, rounded sides and plain loop handle; painted in polychrome enamels with around the exterior of the cup scattered floral sprigs including pink roses, around the top of the cup an elaborate border of gilt scrolls with a blue line running through them, a gilt line around the foot-rim, a gilt dentil edge to the lip-rim, the handle picked out in gilt. Saucer, hard-paste porcelain, short foot-rim and curving sides; painted in polychrome enamels with to the well scattered floral sprigs including pink roses, around the sides of the well an elaborate border as on the cup, a gilt dentil edge to the rim.

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 37075

Creation/Production

Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Paris
Period: 18th century (late)

Acquisition

Gift, 1/2/1918

Measurements

Height (cm): 5.4
diam (cm): 5.9
Width (cm): 7.8
Height (in): 2
diam (in): 2
Width (in): 3
Height (cm): 2.9
diam (cm): 12.2
Height (in): 1
diam (in): 4

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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