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Cup, coffee and saucer
Coffee cup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain, with a pale greenish translucency; cup standing on a rounded foot rim, London shape, with a thick curvaceous ogee handle; saucer on a rounded foot rim, with slightly curved spreading sides; both painted with set pattern 251, a leaf and berry pattern in green and grey enamels, and gilt; a gilt rosette in the centre of the bowl and saucer; gilt lip to cup and saucer, gilt foot rim and leaf motif to handle.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33915
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1825
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.7
diam
(cm): 7.7
l(cm) handle to lip:9.4
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:3 11/16
l(in)
Height
(cm): 3
diam
(cm): 14.5
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
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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