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Cup, tea and saucer
Billingsley, William
(Decorator)
Cup, very translucent paste with a lustrous glaze standing on a shallow broad foot rim, swelling sides and flaring lip; kidney-shaped handle. Saucer with flat, unglazed base and glaze flaws to the underside, no cup recess. Both cup and saucer are painted with three pink roses, each with a spray of leaves, and have a single broad gilt line at the cup foot and lip and at the saucer rim, `feather' gilding to cup handle.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 32071.1-2
Creation/Production
1818-1820 / 1818-1820
Role: Production
Role: Factory
Role: Production
Role: Decorator
Period:
1818-1820
Acquisition
Purchase, 3/3/1993
Measurements
Height
(cm): 7 cup
Depth
(cm): 9.5
Length
(cm): 11.5
Height
(in): 2 3/4
Depth
(in): 3 3/4
Length
(in): 4 1/2
Height
(cm): 2.5 saucer
Depth
(cm): 14
Height
(in): 1
Depth
(in): 5 1/2
Material
Soft-paste porcelain
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