Basket with floral rim

Manufacturer Ceramic Art Company (American)

Maker James Sheldon

Manufacturer Lenox Incorporated (American)

Date1900-1909

Geographic OriginTrenton, New Jersey | United States of America

MediumBelleek porcelain, enamel

DimensionsOverall: H 3 1/8 x Diam 6 3/4 in. (H 7.9 x Diam 17.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter Scott Lenox, 1911

Object number11.535

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Object NameBasket

Title Details

Label Caption Title Basket with floral rim

Label Caption Title Belleek style basket

ProvenanceExhibited in "Modern American Pottery" in 1910-1911 at Museum; given by Walter Scott Lenox, who also provided us with the maker's name. Three catalogues of Lenox Belleek forms, all copyrighted 1909, were purchased for the Museum library in 2005; call number Rare / 738.2097 / L572Exhibition History"Walter Scott Lenox and American Belleek", Mint Museum of Art, 9/23/2023- 1/21/2024"
"Hot, Hotter, Hottest: 300 Years of New Jersey Ceramics", Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (October 21, 2016 - March 14,2020).
"The Lenox Legacy:America's Greatest Porcelain, 1889-2005", Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (August 2008 - September 2011)
"Anniversary Year Exhibition," Lenox, Inc, Trenton, New Jersey (1959)
"The Pottery and Porcelain of New Jersey, 1688-1900," Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (April 8-May 11, 1947)
"Clay Products of New Jersey," Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (1915)
"Modern American Pottery," Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (1910-1911)

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