Tea cup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain with a green tinged translucency; cup standing on a straight sided foot rim, rounded sides; ear-shaped loop handle; saucer on a straight sided foot rim, curved spreading sides; both painted with four single roses and blue convolvuli, with green foliage; gilt scalloped edge inside cup and saucer lips; gilt band to foot rim, and a gilt circular band in the centre of the saucer, gilt foliate motif to the handle.
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Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 5.3
diam
(cm): 9.6
l(cm) handle to lip:11.4
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 1/2
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2.6
diam
(cm): 14.9
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
Jolleyed
Forming
Applied Art
Slip-cast
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