Cup, hard-paste porcelain, inset base, cylindrical sides, the handle broken off and missing; finely painted in polychrome enamels with around the exterior sides of the cup a design of scattered playing cards arranged on a blue ground, gilt lines around the foot-rim and exterior lip-rim.
Saucer, hard-paste porcelain, inset base and flaring sides; finely painted in polychrome enamels with to the upperside of the saucer a design of scattered playing cards arranged on a blue ground, a gilt edge to the rim. The rim chipped.
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Creation/Production
Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Tuscany, Italy
Period: 1785-1810
Acquisition
Gift, 9/11/1920
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6
diam
(cm): 6.4
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 2
Height
(cm): 2.5
diam
(cm): 12.9
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
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
Enamel
Gilding
Glaze