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Cup, tea and saucer
Cup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain; cup standing on a straight sided foot rim, London shape, ogee handle; saucer standing on a straight sided foot rim curving into slightly curved spreading sides; both painted in polychrome enamels with a landscape view - the cup with two figures on a single arch bridge over a river, a building with a tower on one side, and a house on the other; saucer painted in the centre with a bridge over a river, with figures fishing, a road leading to a cottage with smoke rising from the chimney and a woman standing in the doorway; gilt foot rim to cup, gilt cup and saucer lip, and gilt foliate detail to handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31180
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1820
Acquisition
Purchase, 1892
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6
diam
(cm): 8.8
l(cm) handle to lip:10.4
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 1/16
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2.7
diam
(cm): 14.7
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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