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Porcelain circular basket with twig handles decorated with multi-colored enamels and floral guiding. Central decoration depicting a bird perched on a turquoise rock.
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  • Porcelain circular basket with twig handles decorated with multi-colored enamels and floral guiding. Central decoration depicting a bird perched on a turquoise rock.

Date:

c. 1770

Artist:

Worcester Porcelain Factory (Warmstry House Period, 1751–1783)
Worcester, England, founded 1751

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Artist

Worcester Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)

Title

Basket

Place

Worcester (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1765–1775

Medium

Soft-paste porcelain, underglaze blue, polychrome enamels and gilding

Dimensions

7.6 × 21 cm (3 × 8 1/4 in.); Diam.: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Eugene D. Buchanan

Reference Number

1957.471

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