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Cup and cover
Cup, hard-paste porcelain, standing on a short cylindrical foot-rim, rounded curving sides, the interior sides reeded, plain loop handle, round domed cover, the finial to the top of the cover broken and missing leaving only a stem and leaves; finely painted in puce with around the exterior sides of the cup a large spray and several smaller sprigs of flowers including roses, further floral sprigs around the top of the cover, the handle and the stem and leaves on the cover picked out in puce. The lip-rim of the cup and the rim of the cover chipped.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35600
Creation/Production
Volkstedt-Rudolstadt Porcelain Factory
Date: 1775-1785
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 8.5
diam
(cm): 7.5
Width
(cm): 9.2
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 2
Width
(in): 3
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
extruded
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
enamel
glaze
Location
In store
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