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Saucer
Saucer of soft-paste porcelain with slightly green translucency (poor translucency through the thickly potted base); clear glaze, crazed; standing on a straight-sided ground footrim, with curved sides spreading very slightly at the rim; enamelled in the 'Hans Sloane' manner with a large blue iris and a small butterfly, the rim edged with a chocolate brown line.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34388
Creation/Production
Chelsea Porcelain Factory
Date: 1756-1758 ca
Acquisition
Transfer, 1921
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.7
diam
(cm): 14.3
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
glaze
enamel
Location
In store
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