Basin
ca. 1770 (made)
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Basin of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and the outside is painted with pairs of exotic birds among bushes in three fan-shaped panels and insects in three circular medallions between them, and the panels and medallions are enclosed by gilt borders, from which spring sprays of flowers also in gold, and they are reserved in white on a powdered-blue ground, and the inside on the bottom are butterflies and other insects.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Basin of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1770. |
| Physical description | Basin of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and the outside is painted with pairs of exotic birds among bushes in three fan-shaped panels and insects in three circular medallions between them, and the panels and medallions are enclosed by gilt borders, from which spring sprays of flowers also in gold, and they are reserved in white on a powdered-blue ground, and the inside on the bottom are butterflies and other insects. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A crescent (In red) |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Mrs Haliburton, Isleworth, for £2 2 shillings in April 1866 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 557 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:625-1885 |
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| Record created | January 22, 2009 |
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