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Cup, coffee and saucer
Coffee cup and saucer, hard-paste porcelain, coffee cup standing on a foot rim, tall sides tapered inwards at base, slightly everted lip, scroll handle; decorated in polychrome enamels opposite the handle with an exotic bird with orange, blue, purple and yellow feathers perching in a tree, rocks below, one orange flowered sprig, and one leaf, border of gilt lines with interweaving purple festoons and two large, green bows either side of handle. Saucer standing on a foot rim, spreading sides, decorated in the centre with an exotic bird with a pink body and a red head and tail and purple wings, rocks and plants below, border of gilt lines, interweaving purple festoons and two green bows.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33162
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.8
Length
(cm): 9.9
Width
(cm): 7.1
Height
(in): 2
Length
(in): 3
Width
(in): 2
Height
(cm): 2.7
diam
(cm): 14.3
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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