Basket
ca. 1760 (made)
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Circular basket of salt-glazed stoneware, painted with enamels, and with a wavy edge, and the sides are pierced with a design of intersecting circles, and on the inside in a band of applied ornament, enamelled in bright colours, consisting of a floral spray alternating with an orange-tree and rising sun, and at the bottom is a Chinese man and woman with two boys in various colours including pink, yellow, green.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Salt-glazed stoneware painted with enamels and pierced |
| Brief description | Circular basket of salt-glazed stoneware, painted with enamels, and with a wavy edge, and the sides are pierced, maker unknown, made in Staffordshire, ca. 1760. |
| Physical description | Circular basket of salt-glazed stoneware, painted with enamels, and with a wavy edge, and the sides are pierced with a design of intersecting circles, and on the inside in a band of applied ornament, enamelled in bright colours, consisting of a floral spray alternating with an orange-tree and rising sun, and at the bottom is a Chinese man and woman with two boys in various colours including pink, yellow, green. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of a pair with 414:881/A-1885 (Sch. II 192A). |
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| Other number | Sch. II 192 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:881-1885 |
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| Record created | February 26, 2009 |
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