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Cup, coffee
Swansea China Works
(Factory)
Coffee cup, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain with a green translucency; standing on a rounded foot rim, London shape, with a curvaceous ogee handle; 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, 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.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33938
Creation/Production
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.8
diam
(cm): 7.8
l(cm) handle to lip:9.4
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:3 11/16
l(in)
Techniques
Jolleyed
Forming
Applied Art
Slip-cast
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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