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Cup, coffee
Coffee cup, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain with a pale greenish translucency; standing on a rounded foot rim, London shape, with a curvaceous ogee handle; painted with set pattern 404, - inside the bowl a wide, rich under-glaze blue band reserved with two kidney shaped cartouches of tulips and roses growing out of the ground, between four red and gilt stylised florets encircled by gilt trailing vinery; a narrow pale under-glaze blue band to the exterior with continuous gilt anthemions; gilt lip, foot rim, and handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33919
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Gift, 1903
Given by W. George Wills
Measurements
Height
(cm): 7.1
diam
(cm): 7.8
l(cm) handle to lip:9.6
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:3 3/4
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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