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Cup, cabinet
Nantgarw China Works (1813 - 1822)
Pardoe, Thomas (1770-1823)
Cabinet cup of soft-paste porcelain with white translucency. Standing on three applied lion's-paw feet, with a flat bottom, straight tapering sides and a curved everted rim; a scroll handle with thumb spur, closed above the rim, centred by a patera and terminating in a mask head. On each side a reserved panel with an octagonal gilt border on a gilt marbled (cailloute) ground, one painted with a goldfinch among flowers, the other with two blue tits on a branch. The feet, top and bottom edges, mask and most of the handle also gilt.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31432
Creation/Production
Nantgarw China Works
Pardoe, Thomas
Acquisition
Transfer, 1921
Measurements
Height
(cm): 11.2
Width
(cm): 11.7
diam
(cm): 9.9
Height
(in): 4
Width
(in): 4
diam
(in): 3
Techniques
Wheel-thrown
Forming
Applied Art
Slip-cast
Forming
Applied Art
Assembled
Forming
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art
Enamelled
Decoration
Applied Art
Gilded
Decoration
Applied Art
Material
Porcelain
Glaze
Enamel
Gilding
Location
on loan out
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