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Cup, coffee
Coffee cup, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; standing on a rounded foot rim, London shape, and ogee handle; painted with set pattern 262; a circular reserve on the front and back, 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 and to the lip, foot rim, and on outer edge of handle; a pink rose heart inside the cup within an underglaze blue and gilt medallion.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31256
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 7.2
diam
(cm): 8
l(cm) handle to lip:9.7
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:3 13/16
l(in)
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
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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