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Cup and saucer
Cup and saucer, hard-paste porcelain, flattened cylindrical-shaped cup widening at the bottom, wishbone-shaped handle, circular saucer, footring; the rims are decorated with a border of gold flower heads and leaves against a dark blue ground, the centre of both pieces are banded with a wide gold border from which hangs gold bells and dots, the lower half of the cup and a section around the centre of the saucer are both painted with a small oval of a scene of two figures in courtship against a soft grey-green ground.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 38871
Creation/Production
Gardner Porcelain Factory
Date: 19th century
Acquisition
Gift, 30/9/1937
Given by Mrs Joseph E. Davies
Measurements
Height
(cm): 3.7
diam
(cm): 6.7
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 2
Height
(cm): 1.8
diam
(cm): 11.6
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 4
Techniques
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
painted
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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