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Tea bowl and saucer
Tea bowl and saucer of soft-paste porcelain, the tea bowl with a white glaze and the saucer with a creamier glaze and better translucency; the bowl of five-lobed form with ground inset base, five scolopendrium (hart's tongue) leaves moulded spirally in low relief and a scalloped rim, the saucer standing on a tapering ground foot rim, with five-lobed sides, scalloped rim and five scolopendrium leaves moulded spirally in low relief inside; the leaves of the cup enamelled in green with yellow rib and black veins, the inside painted with a flower and leaves, the rim edged in chocolate brown; the saucer's leaves crudely painted in green, yellow and puce, its rim lined in chocolate brown.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34398
Creation/Production
Chelsea Porcelain Factory
Date: 1752-1758
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 4.5
diam
(cm): 6.9
Height
(cm): 2.5
diam
(cm): 11.7
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 2
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 4
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
Material
porcelain
glaze
enamel
Location
In store
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