Basket
Bilston
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1775
Materials
ceramic
Measurements
74 mm (H)227 mm (W)152 m* (D)
Place of origin
Bilston
Order this imageCollection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1245710
Summary
A pair of Bilston enamel baskets painted with pastoral scenes in panels on apple green ground with pierced trellis borders. C.1775.
Provenance
The bequest of Margaret (Anderson) McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald - later Dame Margaret - Henry Fulke Greville, DBE (1863-1942) from probate records linked with the donation of the property to the National Trust in 1943. These items found on the record for Polesden Lacey, English and other porcelain stored in the cellar, page 100.
Makers and roles
Bilston, maker