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Cup, coffee
Nantgarw China Works (1813 - 1822)
Coffee cup, soft-paste porcelain with a fairly white translucency; standing on a straight sided foot rim, indented above, a curved base, straight sides flaring at lip; high closed c-scroll handle; painted in gilt with intertwined garlands of fruited vines around the body; inside centre of bowl, an eight pointed star with radiating stylised tulip-like flowers, inside sides of bowl, a row of growing wheat; gilt foot rim, handle and lip.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31352
Creation/Production
Nantgarw China Works
Date: 1814-1822
Acquisition
Purchase, 20/4/1988
Measurements
Height
(cm): 8.3
diam
(cm): 7.5
l(cm) handle to lip:9
l(cm)
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 2
l(in) handle to lip:3 9/16
l(in)
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
gilding
Location
In store
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