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Cup and saucer
Cup, soft-paste porcelain, inset base within a rounded foot-rim, gently rounded fluted sides, a scalloped edge to the lip-rim, the handle broken off and missing; painted in polychrome enamels with to the exterior sides a plant with broad green leaves and red bell-like flowers, and another with small purple flowers, a single rose to the interior bottom of the cup, a gilt dentil edge to the lip-rim. Saucer, soft-paste porcelain, standing on a straight-sided foot-rim, curving fluted sides and scalloped rim; painted in polychrome enamels with to the centre of the well an umbelliferous plant with small blue flowers, a gilt dentil edge to the rim. One side of the saucer cracked and repaired.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33208
Creation/Production
Chelsea Porcelain Factory
Date: 1756-1758
Acquisition
Gift, 14/2/1921
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 5.3
diam
(cm): 6.8
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 2
Height
(cm): 2.9
diam
(cm): 13.2
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
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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