Cup and saucer, hard-paste porcelain, bell-shaped cup with a slightly flaring rim, footring; the rims are painted with a border of panels containing cross-hatching alternating with panels containing flowers in underglaze blue, the outside of the cup and the inside of the saucer are painted with white flowers outlined in blue against an underglaze blue background, the central well of the cup is painted with a flower head in underglaze blue.
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Creation/Production
Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: China
Period: 19th century
Acquisition
Bequest, 1929
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 4.2
diam
(cm): 8.8
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 3
Height
(cm): 2.5
diam
(cm): 13.3
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
Jolleyed
Forming
Applied Art
Jiggered
Forming
Applied Art
Painted
Decoration
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art
Material
Hard-paste porcelain