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Cup, coffee and saucer
Coffee cup, hard-paste porcelain, cylindrical body with loop handle with inner spur; painted in polychrome enamels and gilt with around the upper body an intricate border of a meandering leaf trail with floral sprigs between two gilt bands, a gilt leafy border around the lower body, a gilt band around the base, the handle picked out in gilt. Saucer, hard-paste porcelain, inset base and straight flaring sides; painted in polychrome enamels and gilt with around the sides of the well an intricate border as on the cup, a gilt leafy border around the edge of the well with a gilt motif to the centre.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 37062
Creation/Production
Dihl & Guerhard Porcelain Factory
Date: 18th century (late)
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.1
diam
(cm): 6.3
Width
(cm): 9
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 2
Width
(in): 3
Height
(cm): 3
diam
(cm): 13
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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