Ice pail
Derby Porcelain Factories
Category
Ceramics
Date
c. 1790
Materials
Ceramics, soft paste porcelain, enamels, gilding
Measurements
234 mm (Height)
Place of origin
Derby
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730496.2
Summary
One of a pair of covered ice pails, soft paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, Derby Porcelain Factories, Derby, England, circa 1790. The body with shell-form handles, the lids with an open knob, decorated with rose buds, a purple neoclassical border and blue foliate swags and gilt borders. Base marked in puce with crowned 'D' and crossed batons.
Provenance
Unknown provenance.
Marks and inscriptions
D (painted in purple) and mark of crown and crossed batons
Makers and roles
Derby Porcelain Factories, manufacturer