Object details
Accession number
C18s28.a-b
Primary Creator
English, Staffordshire or Yorkshire
Full title
Creamware Bombé Fruit Basket and Tray
Creation Date
about 1780
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1918.
Display Media
Lead glazed earthenware (creamware)
Web Commentary
Isabella 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.
Permanent Gallery Location
Little Salon
Bibliography
Gilbert 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)
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