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Cup and saucer
Cup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; cup standing on a straight sided foot rim, London shape, and ogee handle; saucer on a foot rim, with straight spreading sides; the cup painted in polychrome enamels, a landscape with two cottages and two figures in the foreground overlooking a river, and a building on the other bank; a plain gilt band to the foot rim and lip, and foliate gilt decoration on the handle; the saucer painted in polychrome enamels with a central landscape with two figures near a river, two more figures on a bridge, and buildings on either side; a plain gilt band to the lip.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31178
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.7
diam
(cm): 7.6
l(cm) handle to lip:8.9
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:3 1/2
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2.5
diam
(cm): 14.7
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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