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Cup and saucer

Swansea China Works (Factory)

Cabaret cup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain; cup standing on a pedestal base, with a deep ogee-curved bowl, and slightly flared collar rim; handle in the form of a winged monopodic cherub; saucer standing on a cylindrical and ridged foot rim, with ogee-curved sides; both finely painted with a frieze of wild flowers and strawberries in polychrome enamels, around collar a band of gilt seaweed, and on interior rim of cup and saucer, a border of gilt foliate scrolls and wreaths enclosing dark green enamel cinque-foils; plain gilt bands to foot rim, pedestal, collar, and lip, and gilt detailing to the handle.

Image: By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 30960

Creation/Production

Swansea China Works

1816-1826

Role: Production
Role: Factory
Period: 1816-1826

Acquisition

Purchase, 30/6/1937

Measurements

Height (cm): 8 cup
diam (cm): 7.5
Height (in): 3 1/8
diam (in): 2 15/16
Height (cm): 2.3 saucer
diam (cm): 14.4
Height (in): 7/8
diam (in): 5 5/8

Material

Soft-paste porcelain
Enamel
Gilding

Categories

Welsh porcelain Porcelain Ceramics Applied Art
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