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Cup and saucer
Cup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; cup standing on a rounded foot rim, London shape and curvaceous ogee handle; saucer with a rounded foot rim and slightly curved spreading sides; both painted with set pattern 259; four white reserves with black scalloped edges containing red flowers and green leaves, and green circles crossed with purple grotesque heads and bands; the reserves on an orange red ground with flowers and gilt stylised foliage; a narrow band above of red cross hatching with black cloud shapes, and bordered below with red petals and gilt; a red and gilt rosette in the centre; gilt bands to cup foot rim, lip, and saucer lip, and gilt to outer edge of handle.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31272
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Exchange, 1907
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.5
diam
(cm): 9.2
l(cm) handle to lip:10.9
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 1/4
l(in)
Height
(cm): 3
diam
(cm): 14.5
Height
(in): 1
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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