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Cup and saucer
Large cup and saucer of soft-paste porcelain with creamy-white translucency. The cup standing on a waisted turned foot rim, with slightly curving sides and a spreading rim; a large kidney-shaped handle. Painted on the outside with two flower sprays and a small blue butterfly, inside the bottom with a gilt flowerhead motif; the rim, foot and handle lined in gilt. The dish-shaped saucer stands on a tapering foot rim, with curved sides; painted with two flower sprays and one isolated sprig; the rim lined in gilt.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31488
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 10.3
Width
(cm): 13.5
diam
(cm): 10.9
Height
(cm): 3.9
diam
(cm): 16.9
Height
(in): 4
Width
(in): 5
diam
(in): 4
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 6
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
turned
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
porcelain
glaze
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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