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Cup, tea and saucer
Billingsley, William (1758 - 1828)
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
Billingsley, William
Acquisition
Purchase, 3/3/1993
Measurements
Height
(cm): 7
Depth
(cm): 9.5
Length
(cm): 11.5
Height
(in): 2
Depth
(in): 3
Length
(in): 4
Height
(cm): 2.5
Depth
(cm): 14
Height
(in): 1
Depth
(in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
painted
decoration
Applied Art
enamels
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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