Chestnut Basket
ca. 1768-75 (made)
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'Chestnut basket' or dessert tureen with cover and tray of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, perforated and glazed. Ornamented with raised and painted flowers and stalks.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, perforated and glazed |
| Brief description | 'Chestnut basket' or dessert tureen with cover and tray of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1768-75 |
| Physical description | 'Chestnut basket' or dessert tureen with cover and tray of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, perforated and glazed. Ornamented with raised and painted flowers and stalks. |
| Historical context | Such baskets or tureens were listed in the 1769 Worcester sale catalogue as 'oval cream basons, covers and plates, enamelled with Dresden flowers' and were sold in pairs (S. Spero and J. Sandon, Worcester Porcelain ... The Zorensky Collection, 1996, no 393-5). |
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| Accession number | 3261 to B-1853 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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