Basket
Davenport and Co.
Category
Ceramics
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ceramic
Measurements
70 mm (Height) x 75 mm (Depth)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
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Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 636492
Summary
A Davenport solid round basket with an arched handle in the form of a bamboo branch painted pink with gilt. The rest in complex floral patterns of iron red,green,blue and gilt on a white ground with two reserves on a blue ground. Marks--DAVENPORT/LONGPORT/STAFFORDSHIRE under a crown in iron red. Also the number 6065 inscribed in iron red.
Provenance
1990, purchased from J Montgomery-Massingberd.
Marks and inscriptions
DAVENPORT/LONGPORT/STAFFORDSHIRE under a crown in iron red. Also the number 6065 inscribed in iron red.
Makers and roles
Davenport and Co., manufacturer