Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Cup, cabinet

Cabinet cup, soft-paste porcelain, standing on a tall foot rim with curving sides, bulb shaped at base flaring into convex curve at rim; underglaze mazarine blue ground on exterior decorated with a landscape consisting of a building, two ruins with trees foliage and a flock of birds in flight painted in gilt with etched detail, a gild band to foot rim, and a gilt dentil edge on both inner and outer edge of rim, floral spray in gilt in well centre; glazed

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 36492

Creation/Production

Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Chelsea, London
Period: 1759-1772

Acquisition

Transfer, 1921

Measurements

Height (cm): 9
diam (cm): 10.9
Height (in): 3
diam (in): 4

Techniques

Wheel-thrown
Forming
Applied Art
Gilded
Decoration
Applied Art
Underglaze blue
Decoration
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art

Material

Soft-paste porcelain

Location

In store
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