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Cup and saucer
Nantgarw China Works (1813 - 1822)
Cup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain; cup standing on a straight sided foot rim, indented above, curved sides flaring at lip; high closed c-scroll handle; saucer on a flat unglazed base with rounded spreading sides; both painted with an orange red ground, the cup reserved with two cartouches of polychrome flowers bordered by gilt c-scrolls, and a flower spray inside the bowl, the saucer with three cartouches and a central circular reserve; gilt dotted border inside cup lip with c-scrolls and cartouches; gilt band to foot rim and lip, and gilt anthemions on handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31391
Creation/Production
Nantgarw China Works
Date: 1818-1822
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 8.3
diam
(cm): 7.4
l(cm) handle to lip:8.8
l(cm)
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 2
l(in) handle to lip:3 7/16
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2.4
diam
(cm): 13.9
Height
(in): 15
diam
(in): 5
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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