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Description: | Public:
'London' shaped teacup and saucer, soft paste porcelain, decorated in underglaze blue, with reserved panels of enamelled floral sprays and gilt detail.
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'London' shape teacup of conical form, tapering to concave curve round lower body and turned, flared footring. Angular curved loop handle, with thumb rest at top curving inward, picked out in gilt. Decorated round exterior with narrow underglaze pale blue band, overpainted with simple gilt foliate motifs and borders, foot and rim also edged in gilt. Interior sides decorated with dark underglaze cobalt blue ground, reserving two rounded heart shaped panels alternating with four small circular panels. Heart shaped panels painted in overglaze enamels with floral groups in a garden setting, small circular panels with stylised daisies in iron red enamel and gilt. Blue ground overpainted with gilt vines and tendrils growing in diagonal lines between reserves. Matching saucer with curved sides and flared footring. Sides painted with wide band of dark cobalt blue encircling narrow band of pale blue round well. Repeated decoration of heart shaped and circular reserves filled with floral groups and stylised daisies, between gilt detail.
Material: ceramics
Material: porcelain
Material: soft paste
Material: painted underglaze
Material: cobalt blue
Material: enamelled overglaze
Material: gilt
cup & saucer by , c 1814=1820, (1920.727/2). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.1767 | Go to resource |
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