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

Flower Basket

ca. 1860 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Flower basket in glazed Parian porcelain surmounted by a figure of a girl representing Spring. In the form of a semi-circular basket supported on four small feet, and with a drum-shaped pedestal in the middle on which is set the girl holding a bird's nest.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Parian porcelain and glazed
Brief description
Flower basket in glazed Parian porcelain surmounted by a figure of a girl representing Spring, Minton & Co., Stoke-on-Trent, ca. 1860.
Physical description
Flower basket in glazed Parian porcelain surmounted by a figure of a girl representing Spring. In the form of a semi-circular basket supported on four small feet, and with a drum-shaped pedestal in the middle on which is set the girl holding a bird's nest.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 20.9cm
  • Approx. width: 18.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
'MINTONS' (Impressed)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
One of a set of four flower baskets C.695 to C-1935.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.695-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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