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Cup
Cup, hard-paste porcelain, standing on a pedestal foot, ovoid bowl woth flaring lip-rim, high loop handle modelled with an Egyptian mask at the upper terminal and a spreading leaf at the lower terminal; the exterior body of the bowl covered with a pink ground, a border of vertical leaves around the lower body, around the upper body borders of an egg-and-dart pattern in black, flower heads and scrolling lines in dark green on a pale green ground, and stylised leaves in gilt on white, the foot, interior of the bowl and the handle covered in gilt with a classical border in gilt on white around the interior lip-rim. The body broken and repaired around the upper terminal of the handle, the foot-rim chipped.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35950
Creation/Production
Sèvres
Date: 1822
Measurements
Height
(cm): 13
diam
(cm): 8.7
Width
(cm): 11
Height
(in): 5
diam
(in): 3
Width
(in): 4
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
glaze
Location
In store
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