Basket
Possibly Germany
1840-1870
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. The basket may have served as a tray for calling cards.
Mary Warner wrote a label attached to the outside bottom that suggests the basked was owned by her mother, Mary Corbit Wilson (1811-1880), who married in 1847, the date written below Wilson's name. The date does not refer to when the basket was made or acquired, but the label, associating the basket with Wilson, suggests that Mary Warner acquired it from her mother.
