Basket

1825-1850

Measurements

3-5/8 in x 6-3/8 in x 5-1/8 in

Materials

Brown-glazed refined red stoneware

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.1509

Inscription

“Mary Corbit Wilson / 1847” is written in ink on a white label attached to the outside bottom.

Provenance

Ex coll. Mrs. E. Tatnall (Mary Corbit) Warner

Comments

This delightful little molded basket with a scalloped body and integral handle is covered with detailed floral motifs and floral scrolls.  The brown-colored glaze that covers the entire objects except minor areas of wear on the molded base gives the appearance of bronze.

Mary Warner wrote a label, attaching it to the bottom, that suggests the basked was owned by her mother, Mary Corbit Wilson, who married in 1847.