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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Dessert Basket

1808-1818 (made)
Artist/Maker
Creil Pottery Factory (manufacturer)
Stone, Coquerel and Le Gros (printer)
Place of origin
France (made)
Paris (printed)

Oval with basket-work sides and border to stand, the basket transfer-printed with 'The Death of Zerbino' after Bartolozzi's engravings of G. B. Cipriani's illustrations to the 1773 edition of Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (published in Birmingham), and the base with three putti


Object details

Categories
Access_to_Images 2003
Ceramics
Creamware & Pearlware
Food Vessels & Tableware
SCRAN
Object type
Dessert basket
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Basket Body
  • Basket Stand
Materials and techniques
Creamware (faïence fine), transfer-printed in black
Brief description
Creamware dessert basket and stand made at Creil pottery factory 1808-1818, transfer-printed by Stone, Coquerel and Le Gros
Physical description
Oval with basket-work sides and border to stand, the basket transfer-printed with 'The Death of Zerbino' after Bartolozzi's engravings of G. B. Cipriani's illustrations to the 1773 edition of Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (published in Birmingham), and the base with three putti
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'CREIL' impressed on both
  • printed circular mark in black: 'SCL' in monogram with 'PAR BREVET D'INVENTION-PARIS-Manufre d'Impression sur Faience, Porcelaine etc'
  • the basket with a dot, 'S' and other marks painted in black and with '20' printed in black; the base with two dots and 'R' painted in black and '20' printed in black
Gallery label
Gallery 128 Decant 2003 Transfer-printed with The Death of Testino after Bartolozzi's engravings of G. B. Cipriani's illustrations to the 1773 edition of Aristo's 'Orlando Furioso' .(07/06/2004)
Credit line
Given by the Misses Trevelyan
Literary referenceAristo's <font -u>Orlando Furioso</font -u>
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.855&A-1920

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
Record URL
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