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Cup, coffee and saucer
Coffee cup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain, with a greenish translucency; cup standing on a rounded foot rim, rounded sides, high curved-back loop handle, and Paris flute moulding; saucer standing on a rounded foot rim, with curved spreading sides, and Paris flute moulding; painted inside with a wide border of white and gilt shells on a gilt ground; anthemion encircled medallion in the centre, gilt band to exterior of cup lip and foot rim, and gilt handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33963
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 7.7
diam
(cm): 7.8
l(cm) handle to lip:9.4
l(cm)
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:3 11/16
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2
diam
(cm): 15
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
gilding
Location
In store
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