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Cup and saucer
Cup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain with a pale greenish translucency; cup standing on a rounded foot rim, London shape, with a thick, curvaceous ogee handle; saucer on a rounded foot rim with curved spreading sides; both painted with a gilt foliate motif in the centre, gilt lip, and inner gilt line; gilt foot rim and gilt leaf to the handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33910
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.8
diam
(cm): 9.1
l(cm) handle to lip:10.8
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 1/4
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2.4
Depth
(cm): 14.9
Height
(in): 15
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
gilding
Location
In store
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