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Cup, cabinet and saucer

Swansea China Works

Cabinet cup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; cup standing on three paw feet, cylindrical shape, flaring at lip; high scroll handle closed above the lip, centred by a patera, terminating with a mask; saucer standing on a straight sided foot rim indented above with flared spreading sides; cup painted on the front in polychrome enamels with an overflowing basket of flowers, with two butterflies and on either side a smaller flower spray and one butterfly; gilt paw feet and handle, gilt dentil edge to foot rim and lip, and a decorative gilt dotted and c-scroll border inside lip; saucer painted with a group of three pink roses in the centre and a butterfly, with four small sprays around the edge; decorative gilt border inside a gilt dentil lip, and gilt band to the foot rim.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 31290

Creation/Production

Swansea China Works

Acquisition

Transfer, 1921

Measurements

Height (cm): 11.4
diam (cm): 8.3
l(cm) handle to lip:10
l(cm)
Height (in): 4
diam (in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:3 15/16
l(in)
Height (cm): 2.2
diam (cm): 14.8
Height (in): 7
diam (in): 5

Techniques

wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
turned
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art

Material

soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding

Location

In store

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