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Cup, tea
Teacup, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; standing on a rounded foot rim, London shape, with curvaceous ogee handle; painted with set pattern 471; a broad border of pale underglaze blue and gilt-lined floral crosses set on a salmon pink seeded ground, with green seeded shapes and gilt-lined pale blue leaves, bordered by a narrow and wider band of gilt; a stylised iron red peony with underglaze blue and gilt-lined leaves, inside the cup; a pale underglaze blue border with a gilt jagged edge, inside the lip, and gilding to the handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31270
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Purchase, 21/10/1986
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.5
diam
(cm): 9
l(cm) handle to lip:10.7
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 3/16
l(in)
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
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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