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Cup, tea and saucer
Teacup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain with a white, greyish translucency; cup standing on a foot rim, a shallow bowl curved at base with straight sides, flaring at lip; high curved-back loop handle; cup and saucer with Paris fluted moulding, and painted with an all-over pattern of cornflower heads in blue, red, and green enamel, with a gilt rosette in the centre; gilt lip and foot rim, and a gilt leaf pattern on the handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30975
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Purchase
Measurements
Height
(cm): 5.6
diam
(cm): 9.3
l(cm) handle to lip:11.7
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 7/16
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2
diam
(cm): 15.1
Height
(in): 3
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
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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