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Cup, coffee and saucer
Coffee cup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain; cup standing on a straight sided foot rim, rounded sides with slightly flared lip, and an ear-shaped loop handle; saucer standing on a straight sided foot rim, with rounded spreading sides; transfer printed and filled in enamels with the 'Kingfisher' pattern, - a blue and pink kingfisher perched on a tree of stylised pink and blue peonies, the cup with sepia foliage, the saucer with olive foliage; gilt cup and saucer lip, and gilt foliate detail to handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31207
Acquisition
Gift, 1898
Given by E.W.M. Corbett
Measurements
Height
(cm): 5.7
diam
(cm): 8
l(cm) handle to lip:9.6
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:3 3/4
l(in)
Height
(cm): 3
diam
(cm): 14.6
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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