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Cup, tea and saucer
Teacup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain, the cup with a pale green translucency, the saucer with a blue-green translucency; cup standing on a tapered foot rim, rounded bowl flaring slightly at lip, with an ear-shaped loop handle; saucer standing on a tapered foot rim with rounded spreading sides; both painted with a wide border of continuous scrolling foliage in blue and purple, and a frieze of pink roses entwining around a purple line, the upper part with a gilt dotted ground; a rose in the centre of the bowl and saucer; gilt scalloped lip, and gilt and orange dot border inside lip; gilt detail to handle, and gilt band to foot rim.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33899
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1825
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 5.2
diam
(cm): 9.9
l(cm) handle to lip:11.3
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 7/16
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2.7
diam
(cm): 14.9
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
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
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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