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Cup, coffee and saucer
Coffee cup, soft-paste porcelain, short foot-rim, high rounded sides and elaborate handle with scrolls and points; painted in bright polychrome enamels and gilt with to the front of the cup a large spray of oriental flowers, around the interior lip-rim a heavy gilt band edged below by small gilt scrolls. Saucer, soft-paste porcelain, short foot-rim and curving sides; painted in bright polychrome enamels with to the well a large spray of oriental flowers, around the rim a heavy gilt band edged below by small gilt scrolls.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 36941
Creation/Production
Capodimonte Porcelain Factory
Date: 1750-1759
Acquisition
Gift, 16/12/1919
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 5.9
diam
(cm): 7.2
Width
(cm): 9
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 2
Width
(in): 3
Height
(cm): 2.9
diam
(cm): 13
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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