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Cup and saucer
Cup and saucer, bone china, highly translucent white body, the saucer with a foot ring and without a defined well, the cup with an inset base, rounded sides and a simple handle with single scrolling thumb rest; the saucer and cup are decorated with a powdered ground in a lilac colour, with an elaborate Classical Revival pattern gilded and in reserve, featuring urns and stylised acanthus scrolls, the handle of the cup with a double repeat of a stylised leaf, plain bands of gilding at the cup rim, interior rim, foot and bordering the ground colour and at the rim, well and bordering the ground colour.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 39592
Creation/Production
Mason, Miles
Date: 1810 ca
Acquisition
Gift, 29/7/2015
Given by Jonathan Gray
Measurements
Height
(cm): 5.3
Height
(in): 2
l(cm) handle to lip:10 (cup)
l(cm)
l(in) handle to lip:3 7/8 (cup)
l(in)
diam
(cm): 8.2
diam
(in): 3
diam
(cm): 13.6
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
ground colour
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
Material
bone china
Location
In store
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