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Cup and saucer
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.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35836
Creation/Production
Doccia Porcelain Factory
Date: 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
Location
In store
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