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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. Oval with openwork sides studded with applied flowers, and two twisted handles coloured green and yellow. A bouquet and butterflies in colours on the bottom.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Oval basket of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, 1760-1765.
Physical description
Basket of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Oval with openwork sides studded with applied flowers, and two twisted handles coloured green and yellow. A bouquet and butterflies in colours on the bottom.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.3cm
  • Length: 28.6cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.190-1935

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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