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Cup and saucer
Nantgarw China Works (1813 - 1822)
Cup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain with a white translucency; cup standing on a straight sided foot rim, indented above with curved spreading sides, flaring at lip; high closed c-scroll handle; saucer on a flat, unglazed foot. with rounded spreading sides; both painted with a turquoise oeil de perdrix ground, the cup reserved with two cartouches of flower sprays, bordered by four gilt c-scrolls, and a flower spray inside the bowl; the saucer with three cartouches around the edge and a circular reserve in the centre; gilt band to foot rim, gilt scalloped edge to cup and saucer lip, and gilt anthemions to the handle.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31402
Creation/Production
Nantgarw China Works
Date: 1818-1822
Acquisition
Gift, 21/2/1947
Given by A.R. & Miss M. Llewellin-Taylour
Measurements
Height
(cm): 7.1
diam
(cm): 9.6
l(cm) handle to lip:11.4
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 1/2
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2.6
diam
(cm): 13.8
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
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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