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Cup and saucer
Cup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; cup standing on a cylindrical foot rim curving into a rounded shallow bowl; ear-shaped loop handle; saucer on a tapered foot rim, with curved spreading sides ( no central recess ); both painted with sepia enamel landscape vignettes, the cup with two views of a castle, a sail boat, and a hill in the distance, one with figures in the foreground; sepia lip and detail to handle; saucer with three views around the edge, one of a bridge over a river with a mountain in the distance, the other two of a house amidst trees; sepia lip.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31168
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 5.2
diam
(cm): 9.6
l(cm) handle to lip:11.3
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 7/16
l(in)
Height
(cm): 3
diam
(cm): 15.2
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 6
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
Location
In store
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