Fruit Basket
ca. 1830 (made)
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This fruit basket was possibly only used as a decorative object but many highly ornamental rococo pieces have a nominal function. Rococo style came to England from France in the 1730s, was out of fashion by the 1770s and enjoyed a long revival from about 1820. English companies, such as Coalport, catered for the enthusiasm for eighteenth-century porcelain of French and German factories such as Sèvres and Meissen, with their extravagant forms and bright sugary colours. This piece is marked underneath with two crossed swords, originally a mark used by the Meissen factory but which was subsequently employed by many firms to suggest quality.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Bone china painted with enamels and pierced |
| Brief description | Fruit basket of bone china painted in enamel colours, possibly Coalport Porcelain Factory, Shropshire, about 1830. |
| Physical description | Fruit basket of bone china painted in enamel colours with applied floral ornament. Stand with scrolled decoration on which sits a woman in stylised rustic dress holding the edges of a basket. |
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| Credit line | Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq. |
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| Summary | This fruit basket was possibly only used as a decorative object but many highly ornamental rococo pieces have a nominal function. Rococo style came to England from France in the 1730s, was out of fashion by the 1770s and enjoyed a long revival from about 1820. English companies, such as Coalport, catered for the enthusiasm for eighteenth-century porcelain of French and German factories such as Sèvres and Meissen, with their extravagant forms and bright sugary colours. This piece is marked underneath with two crossed swords, originally a mark used by the Meissen factory but which was subsequently employed by many firms to suggest quality. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.1128-1924 |
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| Record created | November 26, 2008 |
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