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Cup and saucer
Cup, hard-paste porcelain, inset base, cylindrical sides, scrolled loop handle; painted in polychrome enamels with around the exterior body flowering plants, a bird on a pedestal and a basket of flowers, gilt bands around the foot-rim and exterior lip-rim, the handle painted in gilt. Saucer, hard-paste porcelain, inset base and flaring sides; painted in polychrome enamels with around the sides of the well flowering plants and two birds, a gilt star to the centre of the well, gilt bands around the edge of the well and the rim.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35960
Creation/Production
La Courtille Porcelain Factory
Date: 1790-1795
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.3
diam
(cm): 6.5
Width
(cm): 8.5
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 2
Width
(in): 3
Height
(cm): 3.2
diam
(cm): 12.7
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
glaze
Location
In store
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