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Cup, coffee and saucer
Coffee cup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; standing on a rounded foot rim, London shape, with a curvaceous ogee handle; saucer standing on a rounded foot rim, with slightly curved spreading sides; painted inside with set pattern 493, - a wide border of green spots on a white ground reserved with scallop-edged cartouches, three inside the bowl and four on the saucer, outlined in gilt and red, containing a red and gilt stylised flower head, with green leaves and gilt fronds, banded by a gilt line and band; gilt rosette motif in the centre, and a delicate wavy gilt leaf pattern to the cup's exterior; gilt leaf to the handle, and gilt foot rim.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 32061
Acquisition
Purchase, 21/10/1986
Measurements
Height
(cm): 7
diam
(cm): 7.8
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): 3.1
diam
(cm): 14.4
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
slip-cast
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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