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

Basket

ca. 1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Basket of porcelain, transfer-printed in black and over-painted in crimson enamel, and circular in shape, and with the sides pierced in the form of intersecting circles with rosettes in crimson, applied on the outside at the intersection points, and similar rosettes, and round the bottom is a border of scrolls, are also painted on the inside, and on the bottom is a print of a garden scene with a girl dancing to the music of bagpipes played by a seated man.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain transfer-printed in black, over-painted in crimson enamel and pierced
Brief description
Basket of porcelain, transfer-printed in black and over-painted in crimson enamel, and circular in shape, and with the sides pierced, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1765.
Physical description
Basket of porcelain, transfer-printed in black and over-painted in crimson enamel, and circular in shape, and with the sides pierced in the form of intersecting circles with rosettes in crimson, applied on the outside at the intersection points, and similar rosettes, and round the bottom is a border of scrolls, are also painted on the inside, and on the bottom is a print of a garden scene with a girl dancing to the music of bagpipes played by a seated man.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.1cm
  • Diameter: 13.7cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of a pair with 414:522/A-1885 (Sch. I 661A)
The baskets were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Durlacher, London, for £3 10 shillings in April 1869
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 661 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:522-1885

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Record createdJanuary 30, 2009
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