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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Fruit Basket

1780-1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oval basket of lead-glazed earthenware with moulded decoration painted with blue enamel. With openwork sides composed of vertical bands curving outwards at the top. The middle is moulded with wickerwork pattern.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware with moulded decoration painted with blue enamel
Brief description
Oval basket of lead-glazed earthenware with moulded decoration painted with blue enamel, Leeds Pottery, Leeds, 1780-1800.
Physical description
Oval basket of lead-glazed earthenware with moulded decoration painted with blue enamel. With openwork sides composed of vertical bands curving outwards at the top. The middle is moulded with wickerwork pattern.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6cm
  • Length: 26.4cm
  • Width: 21.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
'LEEDS * POTTERY' repeated to form a cross (Impressed)
Gallery label
Fruit-basket Made at Leeds Pottery, 1780-1800 Marks: 'LEEDS * POTTERY', impressed, repeated to form a cross Lead-glazed earthenware 3540-1901 Jermyn Street Collection(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
3540-1901

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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