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Cup, tea and saucer
Tea cup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain with a green translucency; cup standing on a rounded foot rim, London shape, with a curvaceous ogee handle; saucer on a rounded foot rim, curved spreading sides; both painted with a narrow, shaped underglaze blue border with gilt scales, with pendent stylised red and gilt flowers and green leaves, and small blue flowers and turquoise leaves; inside the cup and in the centre of the saucer, a gilt continuous scroll border with red dots, and a gilt rosette with red fronds; gilt band to foot rim, and gilt leaf to the handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33937
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.5
diam
(cm): 8.8
l(cm) handle to lip:10.4
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 1/16
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2.9
diam
(cm): 14.6
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
underglaze blue
decoration
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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