Basket with "tortoiseshell" glaze
CultureEnglish
OriginStaffordshire, England
Datec.1765
MediumStoneware, salt-glazed with copper and iron oxides
DimensionsOverall: 3.5 x 25.7 cm (1 3/8 x 10 1/8 in.)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionStaffordshire pierced basket, lead glazed cream coloured earthenware, reticulated and press moulded to imitate basket work. It is covered in a mottled glaze.
Credit LineGift of Joan Clark, Q.C., from the Collection of English and Continental tin glazed earthenware of Thomas Henry Clark, Ph.D., F.R.S.C.
Object numberG99.9.37
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
English EarthenwareCollections
Status
Not on view
Artist / Maker: Winterthur
c.1650
Object number: G96.5.418
