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Fruit baskets

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1815-1825

GUSN

GUSN-241812

Description

Pair of porcelain pierced baskets. White with mauve banding and gilt decoration.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fruit bowls
porcelain
gilding
Basket, Food
Basket, Fruit
Basket, Fruit

Associated Person

Norton, Catherine Eliot

Associated Building

Used At Shady Hill,

Maker

Possibly Sevres Porcelain Manufactory

Dimensions

8 1/2 x 7 1/4 (HxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Susan Norton

Accession Number

1990.156.44-45

Places

Cambridge (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

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