Creamware Bombé Fruit Basket and Tray
maker
Unknown
Dateabout 1780
Place MadeStaffordshire or Yorkshire, England, Europe
MediumLead glazed earthenware (creamware)
ClassificationsVessels
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberC18s28.a-b
eMuseum ID727632
EmbARK ObjectID15576
TMS Source ID4119
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 148. (as English, Leeds, about 1770)
Ellenor Alcorn et al. The Best of the Decorative Arts. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum IV. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1992), pp. 30-31, ill. (England, Staffordshire or Yorkshire, about 1780)
Ellenor Alcorn et al. The Best of the Decorative Arts. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum IV. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1992), pp. 30-31, ill. (England, Staffordshire or Yorkshire, about 1780)
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1918.
