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Cup and saucer
Cup and saucer, hard-paste porcelain, cylindrical cup with sides that widen toward the top and with a loop handle that has a spur on its inner surface, cylindrical saucer with high sides, indented base; the rims of both pieces and the base of the cup are banded with a gold border, decorated with gold sprigs, the cup is painted with a bird perching on a gold tree and the saucer is painted with a bird perching on a gold fence beside a gold tree.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 38767
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 1780-1800
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.2
diam
(cm): 6.4
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 2
Height
(cm): 2.7
diam
(cm): 12.7
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
painted
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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