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Cup, tea and saucer
Teacup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain ( possibly soaprock ); cup standing on a prominent cylindrical foot rim, curved base and straight spreading sides; ring and scroll handle; saucer standing on a foot rim curving into rounded spreading sides; both painted in sepia and olive enamels, - the cup with one landscape of a cottage and a tree on the left, the saucer with a coastal view with a boat, and a ruin and hills in the distance; gilt bands to foot rim, exterior and interior of lip, and gilt foliate detail to handle; gilt band to saucer lip.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31162
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Bequest, 1929
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6
diam
(cm): 8.7
l(cm) handle to lip:10.7
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 1/8
l(in)
Height
(cm): 3
diam
(cm): 13.9
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
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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