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Cup, tea and saucer
Swansea China Works
(Factory)
Teacup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; cup standing on a prominent cylindrical foot rim, curved base and flared. wavy lip; body moulded with a narrow border of basket weave above spiral gadrooning; curvaceous ear-shaped loop handle; saucer standing on a straight sided foot rim, with curved spreading sides; both painted in polychrome enamels with small sprays of flowers on the wider gadroons, and smaller sprigs below; gilt band to lip, and gilt line on handle.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30894
Creation/Production
Acquisition
Purchase, 10/12/1924
Measurements
Height
(cm): 5.5
diam
(cm): 8.6
l(cm) handle to lip:10
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:3 15/16
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2.6
diam
(cm): 13.8
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
Press-moulded
Forming
Applied Art
Jolleyed
Forming
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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