Standing Basin

ca. 1865

Not on view

An example of historical revivals at ceramics factories in Victorian Britain, this basin imitates a sixteenth-century group of ceramics known as Saint-Porchaire wares and is a nineteenth-century copy of a sixteenth-century model in the museum (17.190.1741). Ceramics factories in Britain sought to explore historical production techniques alongside more standardized forms of industrial production.

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Title: Standing Basin
Maker: Worcester factory (British, 1751–2008)
Maker: Possibly Charles Toft (British, active ca. 1868–1882)
Date: ca. 1865
Culture: British, Worcester
Medium: Glazed earthenware with enamel decoration
Dimensions: Confirmed: 6 1/4 × 9 1/4 × 9 1/4 in. (15.9 × 23.5 × 23.5 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit Line: Gift of Paul Jeromack, in honor of Luke Syson, 2019
Object Number: 2019.100
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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