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Cup, tea and saucer
Nantgarw China Works (1813 - 1822)
Teacup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain; cup standing on a rounded foot rim, krater-shaped bowl ( rounded lower part with concave curved sides), loop handle extending above the lip; saucer standing on a tapered foot rim, with rounded spreading sides; cup painted with a wide band of rows of gilt dot flower heads on red thread stems with two green leaves, with a border of gilt scrolls and pink enamel dots below, and another running border of pink and gilt dots between blue lines above; dentilled gilt lip; inside lip gilt band and gilt ermine tails alternating with red dots; the saucer similarly painted with a pink dog rose in the centre; gilt dentilled lip.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34031
Creation/Production
Nantgarw China Works
Date: 1818-1820
Acquisition
Gift, 21/2/1947
Given by A.R. & Miss M. Llewellin-Taylour
Measurements
Height
(cm): 7
diam
(cm): 8
l(cm) handle to lip:10
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:3 15/16
l(in)
Height
(cm): 3
diam
(cm): 15
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
turned
forming
Applied Art
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
assembled
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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