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Cup, tea
Teacup, soft-paste porcelain, standing on a straight-sided tapering foot-rim, high gently curving sides with spiral fluting, the lip-rim waved, loop handle with an inner spur to the lower handle; to the exterior side of the cup opposite the handle a painted landscape in greens and browns showing a small figure standing on rocks looking iver a waterfall against a background of hills and trees, the scene enclosed within a star-like gilt cartouche, the rest of the exterior sides painted with scattered cornflowers (known as Angoulême sprigs) in blue, red and green, and with scattered gilt stars, a gilt band to the foot-rim, a gilt edge to the lip-rim, the handle painted in gilt.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34690
Creation/Production
Flight and Barr
Date: 1792-1804
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.5
diam
(cm): 6.7
Width
(cm): 9.3
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 2
Width
(in): 3
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
glaze
Location
In store
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