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Cup and saucer
Cabaret cup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain; cup standing on a pedestal base, with a deep ogee-curved bowl, and slightly flared collar rim; handle in the form of a winged monopodic cherub; saucer standing on a cylindrical and ridged foot rim, with ogee-curved sides; both finely painted with a frieze of wild flowers and strawberries in polychrome enamels, around collar a band of gilt seaweed, and on interior rim of cup and saucer, a border of gilt foliate scrolls and wreaths enclosing dark green enamel cinque-foils; plain gilt bands to foot rim, pedestal, collar, and lip, and gilt detailing to the handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30959
Measurements
Height
(cm): 8
diam
(cm): 7.5
l(cm) handle to lip:9.7
l(cm)
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 2
l(in) handle to lip:3 13/16
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2.3
diam
(cm): 14.4
Height
(in): 7
diam
(in): 5
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