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Cup, tea and saucer
Tea cup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain, with a white, green tinged translucency; cup standing on a straight sided foot rim, rounded sides slightly flaring at lip, ear-shaped loop handle; saucer on a tapered foot rim, rounded spreading sides; both painted with a fruited vine wreath in green, black, and gilt; gilt bands to cup and saucer lip, foot rim, and gilt leaf to the handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33940
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Purchase, 30/6/1937
Measurements
Height
(cm): 5
diam
(cm): 9.8
l(cm) handle to lip:11.2
l(cm)
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 3/8
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2.7
diam
(cm): 14.9
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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