Tea cup, hard-paste porcelain, short foot-rim, shallow rounded sides and scroll handle; finely painted in polychrome enamels with to the front of the cup a goldfinch swooping over a landscape, two insects to the rest of the exterior with a further insect to the interior.
Saucer, hard-paste porcelain, short foot-rim and curving sides; finely painted in polychrome enamels with to the well a bird perched in a landscape, four insects around the sides of the well.
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Creation/Production
Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Bruckberg, Germany
Period: 1775-1785
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 4.8
diam
(cm): 7.6
Width
(cm): 9.4
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 3
Width
(in): 3
Height
(cm): 3
diam
(cm): 13.2
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
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art
Material
Hard-paste porcelain