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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.