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Cup, tea and saucer
Teacup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain, the saucer with a green translucency; cup standing on a rounded foot rim, London shape, slightly flared at lip; thick, curvaceous ogee handle; saucer standing on a straight sided foot rim, with rounded spreading sides; both transfer printed and infilled with enamel, with the Kingfisher pattern - a blue and pink plumaged kingfisher perched on a tree of stylised peonies in pink and blue, with dark olive foliage; gilt lip to cup and saucer.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31208
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.9
diam
(cm): 9.4
l(cm) handle to lip:11
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 5/16
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2.8
diam
(cm): 14.9
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
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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