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Cup, coffee and saucer
Swansea China Works
(Factory)
Coffee cup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; cup standing on a rounded foot rim, London shape; thick, curvaceous ogee handle; saucer standing on a rounded foot rim, with slightly curved spreading sides; both transfer printed and infilled with enamel, with the Kingfisher pattern - a blue and pink plumaged kingfisher perched on a tree of stylised peonies in pink and blue, with dark olive foliage; gilt lip to cup and saucer, and gilt line on handle.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31209
Creation/Production
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 7
diam
(cm): 7.7
l(cm) handle to lip:9.3
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:3 5/8
l(in)
Height
(cm): 3
diam
(cm): 14.3
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
Transfer-printed
Decoration
Applied Art
Enamelled
Decoration
Applied Art
Gilded
Decoration
Applied Art
Material
Soft-paste porcelain
Enamel
Gilding
Location
In store
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