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Cup, cabinet
Cabinet cup, soft-paste 'trident' porcelain with a yellow-orange translucency; standing on a straight sided foot rim, indented above, slightly tapered cylindrical shape, with a pronounced flared lip; snake headed high loop handle fixed to the rim, the tail joined to the cup in two places and terminating with a snake head; unusually painted with large stylised flowers, incuding a pink rose, banded by wide gilt bands; gilt foot rim and lip, gilt handle, and gilt arcaded border inside lip with three-petalled pendants.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33882
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1825
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 9.1
diam
(cm): 8.4
l(cm) handle to lip:10.2
l(cm)
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4
l(in)
Techniques
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
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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