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

Basket

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Basket of soft-paste porcelain, circular, scalloped edge with openwork sides. Painted in underglaze blue with a Chinoiserie landscape and flowers, in circular panels reserved on a powdered ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Basket, soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, Isleworth Porclain factory, Middlesex, England, ca. 1770
Physical description
Basket of soft-paste porcelain, circular, scalloped edge with openwork sides. Painted in underglaze blue with a Chinoiserie landscape and flowers, in circular panels reserved on a powdered ground.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.9cm
  • Height: 7cm
Style
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Object history
Tested by Dr. H. J. Plenderleith and found to be highly phosphatic.
Production
Previously attributed to Bow. Reattributed to Isleworth by Ray Howard, July 2010.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.483-1924

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Record createdMay 6, 2009
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