Dessert basket
Derby Porcelain Works
Category
Ceramics
Date
1800 - 1810
Materials
Bone china
Measurements
225 mm (Width); 294 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Derby
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 881607
Summary
Bone china Derby dessert basket with matching pair of plates (LAN.C.802b and c) painted with exotic birds in branches. Mark of crowned batons over D in iron-red. c.1800-10. (ex Dining Room and Ground Floor Corridor)
Provenance
A gift (intended as a bequest) from Mrs. McNeill, in 1997. She had an extensive collection of porcelain and pottery and this was divided amongst several National Trust houses.
Marks and inscriptions
(on base in red) 18
Makers and roles
Derby Porcelain Works, potter