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Cup, tea and saucer
Teacup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; cup standing on a straight sided foot rim, curved base with flared lip; ear-shaped loop handle; body moulded in relief with sprays of flowers and leaves; both painted with a pale green ground reserved with quinque foil cartouches, and reserve border at base of cup and centre of saucer; cartouches outlined with gilt scrolls, and with gilt dot infills; moulded flowers outlined in gilt; inside lip a gilt border of scrolling leaves around thin line; gilt bands to foot rim and lip.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30895
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1814-1822
Acquisition
Purchase, 15/5/1987
Measurements
Height
(cm): 5.3
diam
(cm): 9.6
l(cm) handle to lip:11.1
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 3/8
l(in)
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
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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