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Cup, tea and saucer
Teacup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; the cup standing on a straight sided foot rim, London shape, with a narrow ogee handle; saucer on a straight sided foot rim, curving into slightly curved spreading sides; both decorated with set pattern 164; transfer-printed and filled in enamels with the Mandarin pattern, in the 'famille rose' palette - a village scene of a seated mandarin and others in front of an oriental house; a gilt scrolled border with small cartouches of landscapes in iron red alternating with larger cartouches of birds perched on branches, against a blue sky, above purple trees; gilt band to the cup's foot rim and a simple gilt line on the handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30984
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height (cm): 6.2
diam (cm): 9
(): 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): 2.6
diam (cm): 14.6
Height (in): 1
diam (in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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