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Cup, breakfast and saucer
Breakfast cup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain, the cup with a yellowish creamy translucency, the saucer with a deep red earthy translucency; cup standing on a prominent cylindrical foot rim, rounded sides, loop handle; saucer on a straight sided foot rim, curved spreading sides; both painted with a fruited vine wreath in green and gilt, with a vine sprig in the centre; gilt line to the handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33939
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height (cm): 6.3
diam (cm): 11.4
(): l(cm) handle to lip:13.6
(): l(cm)
Height (in): 2
diam (in): 4
(): l(in) handle to lip:5 5/16
(): l(in)
Height (cm): 3.2
diam (cm): 16.2
Height (in): 1
diam (in): 6
Techniques
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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