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Cup, tea and saucer
Teacup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain, glassy body with a white, slightly creamy translucency; cup standing on a tapering cylindrical foot rim, rounded sides, with a ring and scroll handle; saucer standing on a foot rim curving into rounded spreading sides; both painted with foliate scrolls terminating in green cornucopiae and shallow vases in green enamel and gilt ( almost completely worn )
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34004
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1825
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.1
diam
(cm): 8.5
l(cm) handle to lip:10.3
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(cm) handle to lip:4 1/16
l(cm)
Height
(cm): 3.1
diam
(cm): 13.8
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
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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