Dessert Basket
ca. 1770 (made)
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Dessert basket of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and with applied decoration, and oval in shape with the sides pierced in imitation of wickerwork and flowers, coloured pink, applied at the intersections, and at either end is a loop handle rising above the rim in the form of a twig from which spring flowers and leaves in high relief, and inside, on the bottom, is a group of painted fruit.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with enamels, gilded and pierced |
| Brief description | Dessert basket of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and oval in shape, with pierced sides and loop handles, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1770. |
| Physical description | Dessert basket of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and with applied decoration, and oval in shape with the sides pierced in imitation of wickerwork and flowers, coloured pink, applied at the intersections, and at either end is a loop handle rising above the rim in the form of a twig from which spring flowers and leaves in high relief, and inside, on the bottom, is a group of painted fruit. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Mrs Haliburton, Isleworth, for £2 10s shillings in 1867 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 545 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:519-1885 |
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| Record created | January 21, 2009 |
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