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Cup, tea and saucer
Pardoe, Thomas (1770-1823)
Teacup and saucer, hybrid-paste porcelain with an orange-earthy translucency; cup standing on a straight sided foot rim, London shape, with a narrow ogee handle; saucer standing on a straight sided foot rim, rounded spreading sides; both painted with a frieze of polychrome flowers and leaves, the cup also with a butterfly, bordered by gilt bands; gilt band to the foot, gilt handle, and a gilt cross sun-ray motif in the centre.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33656
Creation/Production
Coalport
Pardoe, Thomas
Date: 1812-1820 –
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 5.7
diam
(cm): 8.2
l(cm) handle to lip:9.9
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:3 7/8
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2.7
diam
(cm): 13
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
turned
forming
Applied Art
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hybrid-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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