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Cup and saucer
Chocolate cup, hard-paste porcelain, short foot-rim and high curving sides, plain loop handle; decorated in polychrome enamels with to the front of the cup a panel painted with an oriental figure standing by a fountain, the panel enclosed by a rather formal and elaborate rococo border in gilt , red and purple, a further rococo design around the handle, gilt lines around the foot-rim and lip-rim. Saucer, hard-paste porcelain, short foot-rim and curving sides; decorated in polychrome enamels with to the well a panel painted with a seated female figure holding a cornucopia, the panel enclosed by a rather formal and elaborate rococo border in gilt, red and purple, a gilt line around the rim.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 36794
Creation/Production
Doccia Porcelain Factory
Date: 1750-1770
Acquisition
Gift, 9/11/1920
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 7.2
diam
(cm): 6.7
Width
(cm): 8.5
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 2
Width
(in): 3
Height
(cm): 2.3
diam
(cm): 12.4
Height
(in): 7
diam
(in): 4
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
hard-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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