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Cup, tea
Tea cup, hard-paste porcelain, short foot-rim and rounded sides, the handle broken off and missing; decorated in the 'decor bois' style with the exterior of the cup painted to resemble wooden boards with to the front of the cup a rectangular panel painted to resemble an engraving tacked to the boards showing a riverside landscape in puce monochrome, a gilt sprig to the interior bottom of the cup, gilt lines around the foot-rim and lip-rim.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 36579
Creation/Production
Nymphenburg State Factory
Date: 1770-1790 ca
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 4.5
diam
(cm): 7.8
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 3
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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