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Cup, cabinet and saucer
Cabinet cup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain; cup standing on a straight sided foot rim, indented above, with slightly tapering sides, widely flared at lip; loop handle fixed to the lip with a snake's head terminus, forking lower down to join the cup in two places, the lower one with a snake's head and bead terminus; saucer standing on a tapered foot rim, indented above, ogee profile sides; body painted with three sprays of blue convolvulus with green foliage, repeated as a border pattern on the saucer; inner rim and saucer rim with border of gilt scrolled leaves; gilt detail to handle, gilt band to foot rim and lip.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30917
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 9.2
diam
(cm): 8.6
l(cm) handle to lip:10.2
l(cm)
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4
l(in)
Height
(cm): 3.2
diam
(cm): 15.6
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 6
Techniques
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
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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