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Cup, tea and saucer
Teacup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; the cup standing on a rounded foot rim, London shape, and ogee handle; the saucer set on a rounded foot rim, with straight spreading sides; both painted with set pattern 262; the cup with three oval reserves of a pink rose on a cream ground, within a wide border of underglaze blue with large gilt foliate scrolls issuing smaller foliate tendrils; a gilt band below, to the lip and foot rim, and gilding to the handle; a pink rose heart inside the cup within an underglaze blue and gilt medallion; the saucer similarly painted with four oval reserves around the edge, with a rose heart in the centre .
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31255
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.7
diam
(cm): 9.1
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): 3
diam
(cm): 14.4
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
underglaze blue
decoration
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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