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Cup, coffee and saucer
Coffee cup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; cup standing on a rounded foot rim, London shape flaring slightly at lip, with a thick curvaceous ogee handle; saucer standing on a rounded foot rim, with slightly curved spreading sides; both painted with set pattern 237 - a rich underglaze blue and gilt arcaded border inside cup and saucer lip, enclosing gilt lines and dots, with pale underglaze blue and gilt pendent loops and dainty gilt foliage; gilt sprigs scattered around centre of saucer and to the cup's exterior ; gilt foot rim, gilt cup and saucer lip, and a gilt leaf motif to the handle .
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31245
Acquisition
Bequest, 1929
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 7
diam
(cm): 8
l(cm) handle to lip:9.6
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:3 3/4
l(in)
Height
(cm): 3.2
diam
(cm): 14.5
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
underglaze blue
decoration
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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