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Cup, cabinet and saucer
Cabinet cup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain; the cup, standing on a stepped pedestal foot; the body bulbous, ridged and concave at the shoulder then flaring and ending in an everted lip rim; high loop handle, the upper terminal moulded in the shape of a dolphin's tail, the lower, a foliate motif; the saucer, standing on a rounded foot rim, with spreading sides; the cup and saucer decorated with evenly distributed rose blooms in pink enamel, each surrounded by small green leaves; the saucer, having twenty blooms, the cup with twelve; a gilt band to the saucer rim, to the foot rim of the cup, the lip rim and with gilt detailing to the handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30918
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Purchase, 1898
Measurements
Height
(cm): 10.5
Length
(cm): 10.5
diam
(cm): 9
Height
(in): 4
Length
(in): 4
diam
(in): 3
Height
(cm): 2
diam
(cm): 16.4
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 6
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
Location
In store
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