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Basket (Compote, footed basket, fruit basket)
1820-1840
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
France; Europe
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
Museum Object Number
1965.0068
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1965.0068
Object Name
Basket (Compote, footed basket, fruit basket)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
France; Europe
Date
1820-1840
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Underside
Inscription: "Rubens Peale" is written on the body in cursive pencil
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- American ownership history (foreign manuf)
- American market (French manufacture)
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
Techniques
- Molded
- Pierced
Dimensions (inches)
7.579 (H) x 9.183 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
19.25 (H) x 23.325 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney. 04//1998 Paris Porcelain in America. Antiques. 554-563.
• Footed baskets with enamel and gilt ornament, from John Van Rensselaer (1792-1868) family of New York: p. 557, pl. VI, Paris, c. 1816Book: Klapthor, Margaret Brown. 1999 Official White House China: 1789 to the Present.
• White and gilt footed "fruit basket" of somewhat similar form used by President Andrew Jackson: p. 59, French porcelain.