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Cup, cabinet and saucer
Cabinet cup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; cup standing on three paw feet, cylindrical shape, flaring at lip; high scroll handle, closed above the lip and centred by a patera, terminating with a mask; saucer with flared spreading sides; both painted with a frieze of garden flowers, with a gilt border below of wavy fronds along a line; gilt vitruvian scroll and tulip-like flower head border inside cup lip, gilt lip, and gilt detail to handle and feet.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31149
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1825
Acquisition
Gift, 21/7/1934
Given by Mrs Moore Gwyn
Measurements
Height
(cm): 12.2
diam
(cm): 9.2
l(cm) handle to lip:10.9
l(cm)
Height
(in): 4
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 1/4
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2.6
diam
(cm): 15.6
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 6
Techniques
moulded
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
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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