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Cup, coffee
Coffee cup, mixed or duck egg paste, with a distinct green translucency; standing on a rounded foot rim, London shape tapering and angled sides, thick curvaceous ogee handle; decorated on the interior with a broad band of underglaze blue, streaked and clouded in areas, with two groups of red and white chrysanthemum heads and gilt scrolls and foliage between two oval reserves of flowers on a white ground; the exterior with two pale blue pierced rocks with a bird and flowers and foliage above an oriental fence. Swansea set pattern 219.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 32578
Acquisition
Gift, 20/1/1995
Given by Vernon D. Thorne
Measurements
Height
(cm): 7.1
Depth
(cm): 7.7
Length
(cm): 9.6
Height
(cm): 2
Depth
(in): 3
Length
(in): 3
Techniques
painted
decoration
Applied Art
underglaze blue
decoration
Applied Art
enamels
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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