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Cup, tea and saucer
Teacup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; the cup standing on a straight sided foot rim, indented above, curved sides flaring at lip; high closed c-scrolled handle; saucer on a rounded foot rim, slightly curved spreading sides; both decorated with set pattern 164; transfer-printed and filled in enamels with the Mandarin pattern, in the 'famille rose' palette - a village scene of a seated mandarin and others in front of an oriental house; a gilt scrolled border with small cartouches of landscapes in iron red alternating with larger cartouches of birds perched on branches, against a blue sky, above purple trees; gilt band to the cup's foot rim and gilt handle.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30985
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 7.6
diam
(cm): 9.5
l(cm) handle to lip:11.1
l(cm)
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 3/8
l(in)
Height
(cm): 2.8
diam
(cm): 14.7
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
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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