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Cup, tea and saucer
Teacup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; cup standing on a rounded foot rim, London shape, with an ogee handle; saucer, standing on a rounded foot rim, with straight spreading sides; both painted with set pattern 197, in black and red enamels, with gilding - the cup's pattern on a buff coloured ground, the saucer's pattern on an olive green ground; plain gilt bands bordering the set pattern, to foot rim and lip; gilt foliate detail to handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31233
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.9
diam
(cm): 9.75
l(cm) handle to lip:11.2
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 3/8
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2.9
diam
(cm): 14.4
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
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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