New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Bough pot

Manufacturer Derby Porcelain

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1815-1820

MediumPorcelain

DimensionsOverall: 5 3/8 x 4 x 8 in. (13.7 x 10.2 x 20.3 cm)

InscribedMarked on bottom with crowned D in puce.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number77.944A

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, MMH, North Bedroom

DescriptionDemi-lune shape decorated with enamels and gold on glaze. White body with underglaze bands of red-orange top and bottom. The center an underglaze apricot with an oval white reserve painted with a basket of fruit and flowers. Rams' heads in high relief on each side. Top fitted with flower holder (not original but a plaster cast of the one original).