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Cup, tea and saucer
Brindley, James (see E Morton Nance 'The Pottery and Porcelain of Swansea and Nanatgarw' (London) 1942 p539-40)
Teacup and saucer, hybrid-paste porcelain with a buff translucency; cup standing on a straight sided foot rim, London shape, and ogee handle; saucer standing on a straight sided foot rim with curved spreading sides; both transfer printed in monochrome black, the cup with a view of a castle overlooking a river with four men in a boat, and two horses in the foreground; the saucer with a view of two sailboats and a rowing boat on a river leading into a town, with a bridge in the distance; gilt lip to the cup and saucer and gilt line inside the lip, gilt band to the foot rim and gilt leaf to the handle.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34247
Creation/Production
Unknown
Brindley, James
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 5.9
diam
(cm): 9
l(cm) handle to lip:11
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 5/16
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2.9
diam
(cm): 13.8
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
turned
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hybrid-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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