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Basket (Fruit basket)
American Ceramics Manfactory (Bonnin and Morris factory)
1770-1772
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
American Ceramics Manfactory (Bonnin and Morris factory) (Maker)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Porcelain (soft-paste)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1959.0057
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1959.0057
Object Name
Basket (Fruit basket)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
American Ceramics Manfactory (Bonnin and Morris factory) (Maker)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1770-1772
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Underside
Inscription: Underglaze painted "P" (with serifs) followed by four underglaze dots
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Porcelain (soft-paste)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Pierced
- Painted
- Printed
Dimensions (inches)
2.75 (H) x 8.12 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
6.985 (H) x 20.625 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Kirtley, Alexandra Alevizatos. 2007 Catalogue Raisonne of Bonnin and Morris Porcelain. Ceramics in America. 219-99.
• Published: pp. 258-61, pl. 10, figs. 10.1-.3, in series including several baskets from same factory. (Much of entire issue is on Bonnin and Morris.)Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 05//2016 Flowery Thoughts: Ceramic Vases & Floral Ornament at Winterthur. Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show (catalogue). 6-12.
• Published: p. 7, pl. 3 A&BBook: Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney. 1989 American Porcelain 1720-1920.
• Published: p. 10, figure 5.Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 2005 British Earthenware and Porcelain in Eighteenth Century America, in Gray, Jonathan. 2005. Welsh Ceramics in Context. 2. 71-91.
• Published: p. 86, pl. 4.20Book: Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney. 1989 American Porcelain 1720-1920.
• Very similar model with underglaze blue painted land and waterscape: pp. 72-73, no. 1, 1770-72Article: Hood, Graham. 2003 Meditations on a Chinese Musician. Ceramics in America. 196-213.
• Similar basket (Bonnin and Morris) with different blue floral center: p. 202, fig. 5, at Detroit Institute of ArtsArticle: Hood, Graham. 2007 Bonnin and Morris Redivivus. and: Bonnin and Morris of Philadelphia: The First American Porcelain Factory, 1770-1772. Ceramics in America. 6-75.
• Extensive Bonnin and Morris study (updated after 1972 original publication). NOTE: Much of this CIA issue relates to Bonnin and Morris.Book: Barber, Edwin AtLee. 1976 The Pottery and Porcelain of the United States & Marks of American Potters.
• Similar basket and mark: p. 11 (part II)Book: Cotter, John, et al. 1992 The Buried Past: An Archaeological History of Philadelphia.
• Archaeological fragments of similar basket form Bonnin & Morris site: p. 251, fig. 5.42.