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Basket Dish

ca. 1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Basket dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Oval with outcurved side cut through with a trellis pattern, and waved at the edge. Two horizontal handles of plaited stems with coloured leaves and berries at the points of attachment to the lip. Inside is painted a large rose and other flowers in a bunch. Opaque pale blue wavy band along the edge of the lip.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Basket dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Naples Royal Porcelain Factory, Naples, ca. 1775.
Physical description
Basket dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Oval with outcurved side cut through with a trellis pattern, and waved at the edge. Two horizontal handles of plaited stems with coloured leaves and berries at the points of attachment to the lip. Inside is painted a large rose and other flowers in a bunch. Opaque pale blue wavy band along the edge of the lip.
Dimensions
  • Including handles length: 26cm
Credit line
Given by Mr Wilfred J. Sainsbury, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.9-1958

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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