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Cup and saucer
Breakfast cup and saucer, glassy paste, plainly shaped, the saucer with flat well, and the cup with deep bowl, loop handle with lower inner spur and residual thumbpiece, painted in the Empire style with dark-green symbols and gold, the saucer with three equally spaced groups of torch, urn and staff amidst trailing gilt arabesques and gilt sprigs, the cup with a swan, a mythical beast and a vase and gilt scrolls, foliage, crossed staves etc; gilt rims, gilt band around foot, gilt detailing to handle; gilding very rubbed
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30887
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 7.4
Length
(cm): 12.7
Width
(cm): 10.7
Height
(in): 2
Length
(in): 5
Width
(in): 4
Height
(cm): 3.3
diam
(cm): 17.3
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 6
Techniques
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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