Cup
1814-1817 (made), 1819-1823 (decorated)
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Cabinet cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Cylindrical with a flaring rim, three paw feet and a handle in the form of a gilt scroll springing from a mask and rising above the rim. On either side are oval panels, one with a view of a country lane and the other with an Italian landscape with classical ruins beside a river. On the front is a basket of flowers suspended from acanthus scrolls in gold. Gilt scroll border inside the rim.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Cylindrical cabinet cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, painted by Thomas Baxter for John Powell, London, 1819-1823, made at Swansea Pottery, Swansea, 1814-1817. |
| Physical description | Cabinet cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Cylindrical with a flaring rim, three paw feet and a handle in the form of a gilt scroll springing from a mask and rising above the rim. On either side are oval panels, one with a view of a country lane and the other with an Italian landscape with classical ruins beside a river. On the front is a basket of flowers suspended from acanthus scrolls in gold. Gilt scroll border inside the rim. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Powell 91 Wimpole St.' (Written in crimson) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
| Production | Painted by T. Baxter for Powell, London, 1819-1823. |
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| Accession number | C.603-1935 |
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| Record created | September 28, 1998 |
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