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Cup, tea and saucer
Teacup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; the cup standing on a rounded foot rim, London shape, and curvaceous ogee handle; the saucer standing on a rounded foot rim with curved spreading sides; both painted with set pattern 469; a broad border of alternating reversed gilt anthemoins and stylised foliage, on a pale underglaze blue ground, with a narrow border of gilt leaves and berries below; gilt band to foot rim and lip, and gilt detail on the handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30897
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Purchase
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.8
diam
(cm): 8.9
l(cm) handle to lip:10.6
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 3/16
l(in)
Height
(cm): 3
diam
(cm): 14.6
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
underglaze blue
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
gilding
Location
In store
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