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Cup and saucer
Cup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; cup standing on a rounded foot rim, London shape, with a thick curvaceous ogee handle; saucer standing on a rounded foot rim, with slightly curved spreading sides; both painted with set pattern 227 - a wide border of gilt foliate scrolls terminating with green ovals, and gilt wreaths enclosing pink ewers containing gilt grapes, on a salmon pink ground, bordered by gilt lines; gilt foot rim, gilt cup and saucer lip, and a gilt leaf motif to the handle .
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31195
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1825
Acquisition
Purchase, 21/10/1986
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.9
diam
(cm): 9.3
l(cm) handle to lip:10.9
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 5/16
l(in)
Height
(cm): 3.1
diam
(cm): 14.5
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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