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Cup, coffee and saucer
Coffee cup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain, the saucer with a green translucency, and the cup with a white, greyish translucency; cup standing on a thick, rounded foot rim, curved sides; high curved-back loop handle, fluted at base; saucer standing on a rounded foot rim, with curved spreading sides; both with Paris fluted moulding, and painted with an all-over pattern of simple cornflower heads in blue, red, and green enamel.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30972
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 8
diam
(cm): 7.9
l(cm) handle to lip:10
l(cm)
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:3 15/16
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2.2
diam
(cm): 15.1
Height
(in): 7
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
Location
In store
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