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Cup, tea and saucer
Teacup and saucer, soft-paste 'glassy' porcelain, bubbly glaze; cup on a prominent cylindrical foot rim, curved spreading sides; ring and scroll handle; saucer on a foot rim curving into rounded spreading sides; both painted in enamels with a frieze of flowers and foliage; gilt band to foot rim; wavy gilt foliage along a gilt line to the handle; gilt lip to cup and saucer.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31129
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1815-1820
Acquisition
Gift, 10/12/1924
Given by Hubert Alexander
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.5
l(cm) handle to lip:10.2
l(cm)
diam
(cm): 8.6
Height
(in): 2
l(in) handle to lip:4
l(in)
diam
(in): 3
Height
(cm): 3.1
diam
(cm): 13.9
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
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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