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Fruit or lemon basket (Fruit basket)
Samson, Edme et Cie
1820-1875
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Samson, Edme et Cie (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
France; Europe
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
Museum Object Number
1966.0584 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1966.0584 A
Object Name
Fruit or lemon basket (Fruit basket)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Samson, Edme et Cie (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
France; Europe
Date
1820-1875
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Underside of basket
Inscription: Painted in orange: "MADE/ IN/ FRANCE"
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
Techniques
- Molded
- Hand modeled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
4.488 (H) x 6.368 (W) x 7.884 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
11.4 (H) x 16.175 (W) x 20.025 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Meissen and CEP examples illustrated: p. 566, Information on type: p. 564, no. 583Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1994 The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated from the Hodroff Collection.
• Similar stand with different basket: p. 136, no. 143Book: Jorg, Christian J.A. 1982 Porcelain and the Dutch China Trade.
• Same form fruit stand: p. 172, fig. 86, with arms of Feith family and marriage arms of Cock, Van Merlott and Van Hardenbrock. Ordered by Jan Feith at Batavia c. 1765.Book: Jorg, Christian J.A. 1982 Porcelain and the Dutch China Trade.
• Reference to a 1764 Netherlands sale which included 3 large stands with 2 figures: p. 172Book: Welsh, Jorge. 2017 Turn of the Sea: Art from the Eastern Trade Routes.
• Blue and white and polychrome enameled examples: pp. 260–65, no. 55 (blue and white), 56 (polychrome), Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-95