Basin
ca. 1755 (made)
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Basin of soft-paste porcelain. The outside is moulded in the form of overlapping cabbage-leaves; the inside is painted in enamels with an apple, insects and sprays of flowers concealing defects in the porcelain.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Basin, soft-paste porcelain, moulded, painted in enamels, Longton Hall porcelain factory, Staffordshire, ca. 1755 |
| Physical description | Basin of soft-paste porcelain. The outside is moulded in the form of overlapping cabbage-leaves; the inside is painted in enamels with an apple, insects and sprays of flowers concealing defects in the porcelain. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | The sign of the planet Mercury (Incised) |
| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Object history | Tested and found phosphatic (Registered Document No. 142). |
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| Accession number | 2874-1901 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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