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Cup, tea and saucer
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.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 36650
Creation/Production
Ansbach State Factory
Date: 1775-1785 ca
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
Location
In store
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