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Cup and saucer
Cup and saucer, bone china with whitish translucency, Etruscan shape, the cup with a rounded foot ring, the sides waisted, convex at the bottom, the upper part concave, plain rim, sharply angular handle, the saucer with tapering foot ring, curved sides and everted rim, a raised ridge round the centre; decorated with pattern 3877, a pink overglaze enamel border with gilt flowers partly reserved in white, similar gilt flowers round the outside of the cup, the centre with an enamelled pink briar rose with small blue flowers, gilt lines round the foot and on the handle of the cup and edging the pink border, a gilt leaf on the handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 36468
Acquisition
Bequest, 9/12/2002
Measurements
Height
(cm): 4.3
Width
(cm): 11.5
diam
(cm): 9.7
Height
(cm): 1.8
diam
(cm): 14.9
Height
(in): 1
Width
(in): 4
diam
(in): 3
Height
(in): 11
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
bone china
glaze
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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