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Cup, cabinet and saucer
Cabinet cup, cylindrical, and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; cup set on three paw feet, flaring at lip, with applied scroll handle enclosing a rosette, terminating in a mask; saucer with concave outline and recessed centre; cup painted with a view of Beaufort Cottage, reserved on a green ground with gilt scrolling foliage and lily of the valley; gilt paw feet and handle, a foliate gilt border inside lip and a plain gilt band to lip; the saucer with a green enamelled border below gilt scrolling foliage, bordered by two plain gilt bands.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30890
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1818 ca.
Acquisition
Purchase, 21/10/1986
Measurements
Height
(cm): 11.1
diam
(cm): 8
l(cm) handle to lip:9.6
l(cm)
Height
(in): 4
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:3 3/4
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2.5
diam
(cm): 15.3
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 6
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
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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