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Cup, tea and saucer
Teacup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain with an extremely white translucency; cup standing on a cylindrical foot rim, with rounded base and straight spreading sides, and loop handle; saucer standing on a cylindrical foot rim with rounded spreading sides; both painted in polychrome enamels with small sprays of simply painted flowers, including one inside the bowl; plain gilt bands to foot rim, cup and saucer lip, and gilt detail to handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31492
Acquisition
Purchase, 1887
Measurements
Height
(cm): 5.2
diam
(cm): 8.9
l(cm) handle to lip:10.6
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 3/16
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2.9
diam
(cm): 13.9
Height
(in): 1
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
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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