Cup and saucer, bone china, the cup is an inverted bell-shape on a flat base with an ear-shaped handle, the saucer has high sides; the cup is printed with a grey stippled landscape of a seated woman holding out her hand to a kneeling admirer with a flying cupid to the left of her and mountain scenery behind, the saucer is printed with a grey stippled landscape of a mansion house and a church tower by a stream, both are decorated with double gilt line borders.
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Creation/Production
Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Staffordshire
Period: 1776-1850
Acquisition
Gift, 5/3/1946
Given by Miss A.M. Mackie
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6
diam
(cm): 8.4
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
Height
(cm): 2.9
diam
(cm): 13.8
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
Jiggered
Forming
Applied Art
Jolleyed
Forming
Applied Art
Transfer-printed
Decoration
Applied Art
Gilded
Decoration
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art