Basket stand
Wedgwood
Category
Ceramics
Date
c. 1790
Materials
Ceramics, earthenware, enamels
Measurements
30 x 192 mm
Place of origin
Stoke-on-Trent
Collection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730515.2.2
Summary
Stand, from a pair of small baskets with stands, earthenware painted in enamels, Wedgwood, Staffordshire, England, circa 1790. With monogram 'RH' and raised hand in an escutcheon, probably for Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 2nd Baronet (1758-1838). Impressed 'Wedgwood' and 'E' with blue enamel dot to base. Listed as an 'Oval wicker strawberry basket and stand' in Wedgwood's 1817 catalogue.
Provenance
Listed in the 1908 Stourhead Inventory as 'One pair of 6 in. Wedgwood Fruit baskets and trays "R.C.H." Bequeathed to the National Trust along with Stourhead House, its grounds, and the rest of the contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946.
Makers and roles
Wedgwood, manufacturer