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Tea bowl and saucer
Weesp (fl.1759-1770)
Tea bowl and saucer, hard-paste porcelain, tea bowl standing on a foot rim, rounded sides tapered inwards at base; decorated on one side with an exotic bird with a purple body and an orange beak on a rock, opposite a yellow and orange flower sprig, border of gilt lines with intertwining purple festoons and three large green ribbons below lip. Saucer standing on a foot rim, spreading sides, decorated in the centre with an exotic bird with a purple body and orange and yellow wings perching in a tree, rocks in foreground, surrounded by a border of gilt lines with intertwining purple festoons and three large green ribbons.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33168
Creation/Production
Weesp
Gerverot, Louis-Victor
Date: 1759-1771 –
Acquisition
Gift, 20/5/1925
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 4
diam
(cm): 6.3
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 2
Height
(cm): 2.7
diam
(cm): 12.6
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 4
Techniques
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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