Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Cup, coffee and saucer

Coffee cup, hard-paste porcelain, short foot-rim and high slightly curving sides flaring slightly at the rim, double curved scroll handle with a moulded leaf at the terminal; finely painted in polychrome enamels with to the front of the cup a landscape with ruins, two scattered floral sprigs to the rest of the exterior sides, a gilt edge to the lip-rim, the handle picked out in gilt. Saucer, hard-paste porcelain, short foot-rim and curving sides; finely painted in polychrome enamels with to the well a landscape with a small classical building and large rocks, around the sides of the well four scattered floral sprigs, a gilt edge to the rim.

(We are not able to provide an image for this item at this time. This is either due to copyright restrictions, or because the item is awaiting digitisation. We apologise for any inconvenience.)

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 36383

Creation/Production

Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Mainz, Germany
Period: 1750-1796

Acquisition

Gift, 1/2/1918

Measurements

Height (cm): 6.8
diam (cm): 6.3
Width (cm): 7.9
Height (in): 2
diam (in): 2
Width (in): 3
Height (cm): 3.7
diam (cm): 13.1
Height (in): 1
diam (in): 5

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
Comments are currently unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience.