Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Basket

1760-1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Basket of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Circular with openwork sides studded with applied flowers and two twisted rope handles coloured pink and yellow. Painted on the bottom with exotic birds and small sprigs in colours.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Circular basket of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, 1760-1765.
Physical description
Basket of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Circular with openwork sides studded with applied flowers and two twisted rope handles coloured pink and yellow. Painted on the bottom with exotic birds and small sprigs in colours.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.6cm
  • Length: 18.4cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.191-1935

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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