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Cup and saucer
Cup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain; cup standing on a rounded foot rim, London shape and curvaceous ogee handle; saucer with a rounded foot rim and curved spreading sides; painted with set pattern 486, - a wide underglaze blue band, the cup with two octagonal reserves, one of a bird perched on a tree, the other with a spray of flowers, between large gilt foliate scrolls and tendrils; the saucer with three reserves, two with perched birds and one with a flower spray; gilt arcaded border below with anthemion pendants; underglaze blue and gilt medallion in the centre; gilt handle, and gilt bands to foot rim and cup and saucer lip.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31278
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.4
diam
(cm): 8.7
l(cm) handle to lip:10.5
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 1/8
l(in)
Height
(cm): 3
diam
(cm): 14.7
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
underglaze blue
decoration
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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