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Cup, coffee and saucer
Coffee cup, hard-paste porcelain, cylindrical sides and ear-shaped handle; to the front of the body an oval reserve finely painted in polychrome enamels with a seascape with shipping, the reserve enclosed by a border of gilt beads with puce ribbons, around the rest of the exterior sides two gilt sprigs, a border of gilt arcading to the lip-rim, the handle partially gilt. Saucer, hard-paste porcelain, inset base and flaring sides; to the well a circular reserve finely painted in polychrome enamels with a seascape and shipping, the reserve enclosed by a border of gilt beads with puce ribbons, around the sides of the well four gilt sprigs, a border of gilt arcading to the rim.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 36410
Creation/Production
Höchst Porcelain Factory
Date: 1765-1796 ca.
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 5.9
diam
(cm): 6.9
Width
(cm): 8.5
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 2
Width
(in): 3
Height
(cm): 2.9
diam
(cm): 10.8
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 4
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
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