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Cup, cabinet and saucer
Cabinet cup and saucer, soft-paste ('duck egg') porcelain, of French shape with pedestal base, bulbous body with everted rim and closed scrolled handle with foliate moulding and a serrated thumb spur, the saucer with inset base and concave profile; cup and saucer decorated with enamelled bands of flowers and gilded borders of scrolls and anthemions, the handle completely gilded.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 38269
Acquisition
Accepted in lieu of inheritance tax, 29/3/2006
Accepted by HM Government in Lieu of Tax and allocated to Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
Measurements
Height
(cm): 10.5
Width
(cm): 9.9
diam
(cm): 8.4
Height
(cm): 2.2
diam
(cm): 14.4
Height
(in): 4
Width
(in): 3
diam
(in): 3
Height
(in): 7
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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