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Cup, tea and saucer
Brindley, James (see E Morton Nance 'The Pottery and Porcelain of Swansea and Nanatgarw' (London) 1942 p539-40)
Teacup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; cup standing on a rounded foot rim, London shape, with a curvaceous ogee handle; saucer standing on a tapered foot rim, with rounded spreading sides; both transfer printed in black enamel, the cup with a landscape view of a cottage near a lake with a man in a sailboat, and hills and houses in the distance; the saucer with a view of a man walking along a road, leading through an arched ruin, near a river with a bridge in the distance; black cup and saucer lip, inner black line, and black enamel detail to handle.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31033
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Brindley, James
Date: 1817-1822 –
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 7.1
l(cm) handle to lip:10.9
l(cm)
diam
(cm): 9.2
Height
(in): 2
l(in) handle to lip:4 5/16
l(in)
diam
(in): 3
Height
(cm): 2.8
diam
(cm): 15.2
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 6
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
turned
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
Location
In store
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