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Cup, tea and saucer

Swansea China Works

Tea cup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain, the cup with a greenish translucency, the saucer with a blue translucency; cup standing on a prominent cylindrical foot rim, rounded sides flaring at lip, with a slightly waved lip, with a narrow band of basket weave moulding above moulded spiral gadrooning; ear-shaped loop handle; saucer on a tapered foot rim, slightly curved spreading sides, with a slightly waved lip, and basket weave moulding above spiral gadrooning; both painted with alternating sepia roses and convolvuli with gilt fronds, and a rose in the centre of the saucer encircled by gilt seaweed pattern; gilt lip, gilt band to foot rim, and gilt leaf to the handle.

Cup, tea and saucer
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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 33949

Creation/Production

Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826

Acquisition

Bequest, 10/12/1953

Measurements

Height (cm): 5.4
diam (cm): 8.7
l(cm) handle to lip:9.9
l(cm)
Height (in): 2
diam (in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:3 7/8
l(in)
Height (cm): 2.8
diam (cm): 13.9
Height (in): 1
diam (in): 5

Techniques

jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
slip-cast
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

Categories

Porslen Cymru | Welsh porcelain Porslen | Porcelain Cerameg | Ceramics Celf Gymhwysol | Applied Art
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