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Cup, tea and saucer
Teacup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; cup standing on a foot rim, London shape, and ogee handle; saucer standing on a rounded foot rim, with spreading sides; both painted with set pattern 237; a dark underglaze blue and gilt border with emerging pale underglaze blue gilded loops, inside cup and saucer lip, bordered by two plain gilt bands; small gilt sprigs on the exterior of the cup and towards the centre of the saucer; a plain gilt band to the cup's foot rim, and gilt foliate decoration on the handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31249
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Gift, 1901
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.8
diam
(cm): 9.2
l(cm) handle to lip:10.9
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 1/4
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2.9
diam
(cm): 14.5
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
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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