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Cup, cabinet and saucer
Swansea China Works
(Painter)
Baxter, Thomas (junior)
(Painter)
Cabinet cup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain; cup standing on three paw feet, slightly tapered cylindrical shape with flared lip; high closed scroll handle, with embossed rosette disk, thumb spur, and mask terminal; saucer standing on a foot rim curving into flared spreading sides; cup painted in monochrome olive-purple enamel, with a youth in contemporary dress sitting against a tree, reading, with a rosebush at his feet; gilt scrolls and ivy tendrils either side of the handle; gilt border inside cup and saucer lip; gilt feet and handle, gilt rim and cup and saucer lips.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31137
Creation/Production
1782 - 1821
Role: Production
Role: Factory
Role: Production
Role: Painter
Place: Swansea
Period: 1816-1817
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 11.2
diam
(cm): 8.8
l(cm) handle to lip:10.6
l(cm)
Height
(in): 4
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 3/16
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2.7
diam
(cm): 15.8
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 6
Techniques
Jolleyed
Forming
Applied Art
Moulded
Forming
Applied Art
Assembled
Forming
Applied Art
Press-moulded
Forming
Applied Art
Jiggered
Forming
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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