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Cup and saucer
Cup and saucer, porcelain with good whitish translucency, bell-shaped cup on a thick straight-edged foot ring that is very slightly flared and with rounded bottom, high kidney-shaped handle with rounded inner terminals, the saucer with flat slightly concave unglazed base and ogee curved sides; decorated over the glaze inside the cup and saucer with gilt urns amid elaborate scrolling vines, flowers and acanthus, the urns holding enamelled flowers, a further group of flowers in the centre of the saucer and the base of the cup, a gilt leaf tendril round the outside of the cup, gilt rims, foot of the cup and edges of the handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 36458
Acquisition
Bequest, 9/12/2002
Measurements
Height
(cm): 8.3
Height
(cm): 6.2
diam
(cm): 7.1
diam
(cm): 4.3
Height
(in): 3
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 2
diam
(in): 1
Height
(cm): 2.6
diam
(cm): 13.8
diam
(cm): 7.8
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
diam
(in): 3
Techniques
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
glaze
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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