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Cup, breakfast and saucer

Swansea China Works

Breakfast cup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain with a green translucency; cup standing on a straight sided foot rim, with a curved base, straight sides with slightly flared lip; loop handle witha pronounced inner spur; saucer standing on a straight sided foot rim, and curved spreading sides; both transfer printed in underglaze blue, with the so-called 'Elephant pattern' - a Chinoiserie style landscape with a willow tree, two large flowers, and a fret-work fence surrounding a garden containing two intricately shaped bushes; inside cup lip, and around saucer edge, a narrow floret trellis border, with Chinoiserie flowers below; underglaze blue print outlined and detailed in gilt; a gilt band to the foot rim and lip, and a gilt leaf motif on the handle.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 31026

Creation/Production

Swansea China Works

Acquisition

Gift, 16/12/1959
Given by Sidney Heath

Measurements

Height (cm): 7
diam (cm): 10.7
l(cm) handle to lip:12.4
l(cm)
Height (in): 2
diam (in): 4
l(in) handle to lip:4 7/8
l(in)
Height (cm): 3.2
diam (cm): 16.9
Height (in): 1
diam (in): 6

Techniques

press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
underglaze blue
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art

Material

soft-paste porcelain
gilding

Location

In store

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