Chamberlain & Co. (Worcester, England, 1840–1852). Basket, ca. 1840. Porcelain, 4 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. (11.4 x 26.7 x 22.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Harold S. Keller, 1999.152.329. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1999.152.329.jpg)
Chamberlain & Co. (Worcester, England, 1840–1852). Basket, ca. 1840. Porcelain, 4 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. (11.4 x 26.7 x 22.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Harold S. Keller, 1999.152.329. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1999.152.329_mark.jpg)
Basket
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Decorative Art, 19th Century, 4th Floor
MEDIUM
Porcelain
DATES
ca. 1840
DIMENSIONS
4 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. (11.4 x 26.7 x 22.2 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Reverse at rim, in red, stamped: "MALVERN/ABBEYCHURCH/CHAMBERLAIN'S/WORCESTER" and with a small white paper label in black ink:"1471"
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
1999.152.329
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Estate of Harold S. Keller
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Shallow porcelain basket with handle, with bright green glaze interior and polychrome decoration of Malvern Abbey. Shallow basket with scalloped edge, bright green glaze interior with central painted cartouche of Malvern Abbey, set in a green hilly and wooded landscape, in the foreground are three male/female couples in period costume and headstones; cartouche bordered by curlicue gold paint border; attached from front to back, thick abstracted twisted anthemion leaf and stem handle with lower sections of handle painted gold and gold paint lines around leaves.Thick gold band at outer edge of basket.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Decorative Art, 19th Century, 4th Floor
CAPTION
Chamberlain & Co. (Worcester, England, 1840–1852). Basket, ca. 1840. Porcelain, 4 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. (11.4 x 26.7 x 22.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Harold S. Keller, 1999.152.329. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1999.152.329.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.1999.152.329.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2011
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