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Cup, breakfast and saucer
Breakfast cup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain with a pale greenish translucency; cup standing on a rounded foot rim, rounded shallow bowl, with a high curved-back loop handle, and Paris fluted moulding; saucer standing on a straight sided foot rim, with curved spreading sides, and Paris fluted moulding; cup interior painted with a frieze of flowers including pink roses, a tulip and blue convolvulus, below a wide gilt band; gilt handle, and gilt strokes to the fluted moulding, below a wide gilt band; saucer painted with a flower spray in the centre, and gilt strokes to the Paris fluted moulding, inside a wide gilt band.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33897
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Acquisition
Gift, 6/8/1936
Given by S.M. Steele & R. Garnett
Measurements
Height
(cm): 7.5
diam
(cm): 11.2
l(cm) handle to lip:13.5
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 4
l(in) handle to lip:5 5/16
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2.3
diam
(cm): 17.4
Height
(in): 7
diam
(in): 6
Techniques
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
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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