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Cup, cabinet and saucer
Cabinet cup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain; cup standing on three paw feet, with slightly tapering sides,and flared lip; loop handle formed from an eagle with outstretched wings interlocked with a snake whose tail scrolls round to form a ring at the base of the handle; two rows of beading on the body; saucer standing on a foot rim with flared spreading sides and an inner ring of beading; both painted with a frieze of pink and white convolvuli with green and yellow foliage; interior and exterior of cup and saucer lip with gilt net pattern with pendant fronds, gilt detailing on handle and feet; saucer with gilt seaweed border inside beading.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30916
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 10.3
diam
(cm): 9.1
l(cm) handle to lip:11.2
l(cm)
Height
(in): 4
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 3/8
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2.6
diam
(cm): 15.8
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 6
Techniques
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
moulded
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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