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Cup and saucer
Cup, hard-paste porcelain, inset base, cylindrical sides, square handle with foliate moulding at the terminals; to the front of the exterior body a rectangular panel painted with a classical scene with four female figures, including a reclining Diana/Actaeon and a dog, the panel enclosed by a gilt border, to the other side of the body to either side of the handle sprays of ivy leaves in gilt, gilt bands around the foot-rim and lip-rim, the handle picked out in gilt. Saucer, hard-paste porcelain, inset base and flaring sides; decorated in gilt with to the centre of the well a foliate motif, a border of stylized leaves around the edge of the well, a heavy gilt line around the edge of the rim.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 36042
Creation/Production
Giesshübel Porcelain Factory
Date: 1803-1813
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.2
diam
(cm): 6.4
Width
(cm): 8.3
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 2
Width
(in): 3
Height
(cm): 2.8
diam
(cm): 13.4
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
enamel
gilding
glaze
Location
In store
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