Fruit basket
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Category
Ceramics
Date
1750
Materials
Porcelain and ormolu
Measurements
197 mm (Height); 250 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Meissen
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Saltram, Devon
NT 870859
Summary
A pair of Meissen porcelain fruit baskets, pierced and with intertwining crabstock handles and flower terminals. The intersections are marked with blue forget-me-nots on the outside. Mounted on an ormolu stand of a later date.
Provenance
Possibly acquired by John Parker II (1735-1788) and by descent to Edmund Robert Parker (1878-1951), 4th Earl of Morley and accepted as part of the contents in lieu of payment of Estate Duty and transferred to NT in 1957
Makers and roles
Meissen Porcelain Factory, potter