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Cup and saucer
Cup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; cup standing on a rounded foot rim, London shape, and a thick curvaceous ogee handle; saucer standing on a rounded foot rim, with slightly curved spreading sides; both painted with set pattern 262 - a wide rich underglaze blue border with gilt-lined oval reserves of a pink rose on a pale lemon ground, between large gilt foliate scrolls and tendrils; underglaze blue and gilt medallion in the centre with a rosebud; gilt cup and saucer lip, gilt handle, and gilt band to foot rim.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31251
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1825
Acquisition
Gift, 21/2/1947
Given by A.R. & Miss M. Llewellin-Taylour
Measurements
Height
(cm): 7
diam
(cm): 9.1
l(cm) handle to lip:10.9
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 1/4
l(in)
Height
(cm): 3
diam
(cm): 14.7
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
underglaze blue
decoration
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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