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

Basket

ca. 1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Basket of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in brown enamel, from an engraving by Robert Hancock. The side is perforated in the form of intersecting circles and is decorated with applied rosettes. At the bottom inside is a landscape with milkmaids.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in brown enamel, perforated and with applied work
Brief description
Basket of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in brown enamel, from an engraving by Robert Hancock, Worcester porcelain factory, England, ca.1765
Physical description
Basket of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in brown enamel, from an engraving by Robert Hancock. The side is perforated in the form of intersecting circles and is decorated with applied rosettes. At the bottom inside is a landscape with milkmaids.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.6cm
  • Diameter: 19.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'R.H. Wor.' with two crossed anchors (Signed)
  • Mark of Richard Holdship
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Cyril, Cook The life and work of Robert Hancock London: Chapman and Hall, 1948, Item 73, and p. 62, also pp. 156-7 & items 8, 49, 69 & 107.
  • Honey, W. B. Old English porcelain. London: Faber & Faber, 1948, p. 172
  • Cyril, Cook Supplement to the life and work of Robert Hancock London, 1955, item 133, 156, 159.
Collection
Accession number
3222-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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