IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 134023 accession number: C.39-2006 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 25 March 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Glazed off-white and slightly iridescent Parian porcelain of handmade triple darning-weave, trellis weave, and interlacing arcading with applied handles, and moulded and hand-modelled applied decoration. The oval basket stands on an oval double rope footring, and has an oval base of three-strand weave with a rope edge. The deep curved sides are of trellis weave, and the flat rim of interlaced arcading with a plait round the inner edge. The two handles are each formed by a prickly rose stem with a secondary stem branching from it and curving downwards to the rim where there is a small flower, a bud, and five leaves (different on each side). On the rim, next to the ends of the handles, there are four groups of applied flowers, comprising a rose, four buds, a closed thistle, and a spray of shamrock leaves. object type: Glazed Parian porcelain, of hand-made basket-weave and trellis-weave, with a flat rim of interlaced arcading decorated with applied shamrocks, thistles, and roses, and two prickly rose stem handle title: basket NOTES ----- type: history note value: Unknown before testator LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Bequeathed by S.V. Finn STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/134023 SUBJECTS ------------------- rose thistle shamrock rose thistle shamrock TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1880 - 1890 creation date earliest: 1880 creation date latest: 1890 culture: 19th Century, Late CREATORS -------- maker: The Belleek Pottery Ltd DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 11.5 dimension: Length units: cm value: 31.5 dimension: Width units: cm value: 23 CITATIONS -------- British Porcelain Encyclopedia of British Porcelain Manufacturers Belleek, Irish Porcelain, An illustrated guide to over two thousand pieces The Winter Country House Sale ---