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Cup, tea and saucer
Tea cup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain, the cup with a pale yellowish-green translucency, the saucer with a buff translucency; cup standing on a rounded foot rim, rounded sides, with Paris flute moulding; high curved-back loop handle; saucer on a rounded foot rim, rounded spreading sides, with Paris flute moulding; Paris fluting high-lighted in gilt; gilt bands below cup and saucer lip, and inside cup lip, above an arcaded and leaf gilt border; gilt handle and foot rim.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33960
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Purchase, 1899
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.1
diam
(cm): 9.4
l(cm) handle to lip:11.4
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 1/2
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2.9
diam
(cm): 15.2
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 6
Techniques
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
gilding
Location
In store
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