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

Dessert Basket

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

Dessert basket and stand of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Moulded and pierced with openwork in imitation of basketwork, and outlined outside in blue and gold. Inside in the middle are small bouquets and sprays in blue and gold within a wreath of foliage entwined about a pink line.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Dessert Basket
  • Stand
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, gilded moulded and pierced
Brief description
Dessert basket and stand of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Frankenthal Porcelain Factory, Frankenthal, ca. 1770.
Physical description
Dessert basket and stand of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Moulded and pierced with openwork in imitation of basketwork, and outlined outside in blue and gold. Inside in the middle are small bouquets and sprays in blue and gold within a wreath of foliage entwined about a pink line.
Marks and inscriptions
'CT' (In monogram under a crown, in blue)
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.563&A-1920

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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