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Dish (Fruit basket)
1765-1775
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Melbourne; Derbyshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (creamware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1977.0053 A
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Charles E. Merrill Trust for the Purchase of English Objects
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Object Number
1977.0053 A
Object Name
Dish (Fruit basket)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Melbourne; Derbyshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1765-1775
Materials
- Earthenware (creamware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Pierced
- Molded
Dimensions (inches)
3 (H) x 8.5 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
7.62 (H) x 21.59 (Diam)
Measurement Notes
Diameter measurement includes handles. Diameter without handles is 7.25.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Walton, Peter. 1976 Creamware and Other English Pottery at Temple Newsam House, Leeds.
• Similar fruit basket, see p. 130, fig. 500.Article: Towner, Donald C. 1971 "The Melborurne Pottery". Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle. 8 (Part 1)
• pp. 18-30, especially p. 23; p. 29 fig. 6-15; pl. 22b.