Basket with Stand

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Basket with Stand
Datec. 1755–1765
Made inEngland
MediumLead-glazed earthenware
DimensionsOverall (.1, Stand): 3/4 × 9 3/4 × 8 3/16 in. (1.9 × 24.8 × 20.8 cm)
Overall (.2, Basket): 6 1/8 × 4 3/8 × 7 3/8 in. (15.6 × 11.1 × 18.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.60.22.1,.2
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Kilroy Center
On view

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Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionIn the mid-1700s, English potters developed a light- or cream-colored earthenware body that when coated with a lead glaze, yielded wares with a glassy, shiny surface. Many potteries produced these wares, employing numerous techniques to decorate them. To create the irregular blotches of color on this basket and stand, the potter sponged the surface of the once-fired ware with metallic oxides before applying the lead glaze. A second firing to fix the glaze completed the process. Called “Tortoiseshell ware,” this process was developed by Thomas Whieldon and used by Josiah Wedgwood for his early wares. Wedgwood continued to refine this pottery, which he later called “Queens’ ware” because of a commission he received from Queen Charlotte in 1765.
Provenance[Ginsburg & Levy, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, March 8, 1960; given to MFAH, by 1966.
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