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Cup, tea and saucer
Nantgarw China Works (1813 - 1822)
Teacup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain; cup standing on a tapered foot rim indented above, with rounded sides and flared lip; high c-scroll handle closed on the lip; saucer standing on a flat unglazed base, rounded spreading sides; exterior of cup and interior of saucer painted all over with polychrome flowers on a gilt dotted ground, including pink and wild roses, yellow, blue, and purple crocuses, lilac, pansies, convolvulus, tulip, bluebells, and forget-me-nots; inside cup, a flower spray in the centre and border of flowers below a gilt band and gilt wavy border of leaves and berries; gilt handle, gilt lip and foot rim.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31350
Creation/Production
Nantgarw China Works
Date: 1814-1822
Acquisition
Bequest, 1929
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 7.2
diam
(cm): 9.5
l(cm) handle to lip:11.5
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 1/2
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2.5
diam
(cm): 13.9
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
turned
forming
Applied Art
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
assembled
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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