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Cup, tea and saucer
Teacup and saucer, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain, with a white, green-tinged translucency; cup standing on a rounded foot rim, London shape with an ogee handle; saucer standing on a rounded foot rim, slightly curved spreading sides; both painted with a frieze of wavy small flower stems in shades of pale blue and puce enamel; inside cup lip, and sentre of saucer, a continuous gilt scroll border; gilt lip and foot rim, gilt leaf to the handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34003
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1814-1822
Acquisition
Purchase, 16/12/1986
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.9
diam
(cm): 9.2
l(cm) handle to lip:10.5
l(cm)
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 1/8
l(in)
Height
(cm): 3.1
diam
(cm): 14.6
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
assembled
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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