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Candy Basket

Manufacturer: Union Porcelain Works, 1863-ca.1922
Medium: Porcelain
Place Manufactured: New York City, New York, USA
Dates: ca. 1880
Dimensions: 4 1/2 x 7 1/16 x 3 7/8 in. (11.4 x 17.9 x 9.8 cm)
Markings: On underside, transfer-printed in green: "U.P.W." above head of an eagle
Signature: no signature
Inscriptions: no inscriptions
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 68.87.5
Credit Line: Gift of Franklin Chace
Image: Overall, 68.87.5.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004

Catalogue Description: Porcelain candy basket, part of green and white dinner service (68.87.1-13). White porcelain with vitreous glaze; boat-shaped basket with raised ends; handle formed by two loops molded like rope that meet in center. Molded basket weave around outer top edge. Applied decorations in gilding and green paint, including roundel containing stylized fleur-de-lis on sides below handles and border of ribbon and tassel design at each end. CONDITION: Good.

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