A WORCESTER QUATREFOIL CHESTNUT BASKET, COVER AND STAND
A WORCESTER QUATREFOIL CHESTNUT BASKET, COVER AND STAND

CIRCA 1770, INCISED 73 TO THE BASKET

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A WORCESTER QUATREFOIL CHESTNUT BASKET, COVER AND STAND
Circa 1770, incised 73 to the basket
Moulded as mayflowers within a honeycomb, rustic branch handles terminating in encrusted flowering vines on each piece, the cover and stand reticulated, the center of the stand finely painted with a loose bouquet and scattered sprigs
10in. (26cm.) wide overall, the stand (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. H. Rissik Marshall, Coloured Worcester Porcelain of the First Period, Newport, England, 1954, plate 15, no. 271 for a similar example.