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Cup and saucer
Cup, hard-paste porcelain, standing on a short cylindrical foot-rim, rounded curvng sides, loop handle with foliate moulding; finely painted in puce with to the front of the exterior body a view of European birds perched on spreading branches, scattered butterflies around the rest of the exterior body and to the interior bottom of the bowl, a gilt edge to the lip-rim, the handle picked out in gilt. Saucer, hard-paste porcelain, circular shape with short cylindrical foot-rim and curving sides; finely painted in puce with to the centre of the well a view of European birds perched on spreading branches, scattered butterflies around the sides of the well, a gilt edge to the rim. The rim of the saucer chipped.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35736
Creation/Production
Berlin State Factory
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 4.7
diam
(cm): 7.8
Width
(cm): 9.5
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 3
Width
(in): 3
Height
(cm): 3
diam
(cm): 13.1
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
hard-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
glaze
Location
In store
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