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Cup, coffee
Morris, Henry (Henry Morris, 1799-1880, at Swansea 1814-1826)
Coffee cup, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; London shape, standing on a broad rounded foot rim with a thick curvaceous ogee handle, the tip extending above the rim; decorated with a border of blue and gilt cornucopiae filled with summer flowers, alternating with scroll and leaf motifs in gilding, with a gilt band around foot rim, lip and on interior below lip with foliate gilt decoration to the handle and gilt circle and floral motif at the interior centre.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34358
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Morris, Henry
Date: 1814-1826 ca. –
Acquisition
Purchase, 19/10/1999
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.9
Length
(cm): 10.3
Width
(cm): 8.6
Height
(in): 2
Length
(in): 4
Width
(in): 3
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilt
Location
In store
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