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Cup and saucer
Cup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain with a green translucency; cup standing on a straight sided foot rim, rounded bowl flaring slightly at lip, with an ear-shaped loop handle; saucer standing on a straight sided foot rim, curving into rounded spreading sides; both painted in polychrome enamels with a wide border of groups of flowers and fruit between gilt bows, including pears, peaches, cherries and plums, above a gilt band and line, and arcaded gilt border with flower head pendants; three roses in the centre of the saucer and bowl; gilt scalloped lip to cup and saucer, gilt handle, and gilt band to foot rim.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33898
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1825
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 5.5
diam
(cm): 8
l(cm) handle to lip:9.7
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:3 13/16
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2.7
diam
(cm): 14.8
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
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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