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Saucer
Saucer, soft-paste porcelain, standing on a short foot rim with steep concave curving sides leading into a shallow convex curve at rim, shallow trembleuse gallery around well; underglaze mazarine blue ground on interior with white reserve within gallery, gound is decorated with chinese style building and ruin with trees, foliage, and a flock of birds in flight superimposed in gilt, floral decoration inside well, dentil edge border around gallery and inside rim edge in gilt, two floral sprays and one srig painted in gilt on exterior; glazed
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 36491
Creation/Production
Chelsea Porcelain Factory
Date: 1759-1772
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 3.8
diam
(cm): 7.7
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 6
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
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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