Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Cup and saucer

Cup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain; cup standing on rounded foot rim, London shape, with a curvaceous ogee handle; saucer standing on a rounded foot rim with slightly curved spreading sides; painted with set pattern 436, - a wide border with two large pink, orange, and gilt stylised flowers with underglaze blue, gilt and green leaves, sprouting small red and gilt flowers on a white ground, divided by two underglaze blue and gilt c-scrolls enclosing black seeded green ground with a red and gilt stylised flower and scroll; centre of saucer painted with a stylised gilt chrysanthemum embellished with green foliage and pink and orange flowers growing from underglaze blue and gilt ground; gilt lip, gilt band to foot rim, and a gilt leaf to the handle.

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 31218

Creation/Production

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

Acquisition

Bequest, 10/12/1953

Measurements

Height (cm): 6.7
diam (cm): 9.1
l(cm) handle to lip:10.9
l(cm)
Height (in): 2
diam (in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 1/4
l(in)
Height (cm): 3
diam (cm): 14.6
Height (in): 1
diam (in): 5

Techniques

Wheel-thrown
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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