American Art Openwork Fruit Basket Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America1770-72 American China Manufactory (Bonnin and Morris), Philadelphia, 1770 - 1772 Soft-paste porcelain with underglaze blue decoration (undecorated bottom edge has been restored) * Gallery 106, American Art, first floor 1943-67-1 Gift (by exchange) of the Franklin Institute, 1943 |
LabelIn 1841 Dr. James Mease presented this basket to the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, with a letter explaining that it was made at the city's American China Manufactory. With the early documentation this letter provides, this basket is the standard---a Rosetta Stone---for authenticating wares produced by the factory.* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit. |
