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Tea bowl and saucer
Weesp (fl.1759-1770)
Tea bowl and saucer, hard-paste porcelain, tea bowl standing on a foot rim, rounded sides tapered inwards at base; decorated on one side with an exotic bird with pink, orange, blue and yellow feathers perching on a tree, opposite a pink flower sprig, border of gilt lines with intertwining purple festoons and three green ribbons below lip. Saucer standing on a foot rim, spreading sides, decorated in the centre with an exotic bird standing on a rock in a landscape, rocks below, birds in the sky, surrounded by a border of gilt lines with intertwining purple festoons and three large green ribbons.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33167
Creation/Production
Weesp
Acquisition
Gift, 20/5/1925
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
h(cm):(tea bowl)
diam(cm):
h(in):
diam(in):
Height
(cm): 2.5
diam
(cm): 12.1
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 4
Techniques
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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