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Cup, tea and saucer
Teacup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain, green translucency, greenish tinge to the glaze; cup standing on a rounded foot, London-shapetapering and angled sides, thick curvaceous handle; saucer standing on shallow foot rim, with everted lip and recessed centre. Decorated with a set pattern (470) comprising, on the cup, a band of S-shaped scrolls in underglaze blue, outlined and beaded in gold, amid gold foliage sprays, enriched with iron-red flowers and green foliage; band of gilt fleur de lys inside the lip; S-scroll pattern repeated on the saucer where the band of fleur de lys edges the recess.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 32394
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1815-1825
Acquisition
Bequest, 26/5/1994
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.6
diam
(cm): 9
l(cm) handle to lip:10.8
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 1/4
l(in)
Height
(cm): 3
diam
(cm): 14.8
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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