A SAINT-CLMENT FAIENCE TWO-HANDLED RETICULATED BASKET

MID-19TH CENTURY, BLACK PAINTED MARK, SIGNED G. CROWZIEN AND C.G.

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A SAINT-CLMENT FAIENCE TWO-HANDLED RETICULATED BASKET
Mid-19th century, black painted mark, signed G. Crowzien and C.G.
Of fantastical form, each side moulded with a shield finely painted with lakeside village views crested by a helmet and winged dragon, the rocaille sides enamelled with flowers and pierced as scale and as opposing staves, on four scroll feet
22.5/8in. (57.5cm.) wide, overall

Lot Essay

The form of the present example is based on the Svres 18th century prototype vase flacon cordes. See David Battie, Guide to Understanding 19th & 20th Century British Porcelain, Suffolk, 1994, p. 244 and Antoinette Fa-Hall and Barbara Mundt, Porcelain of the Nineteenth Century, p. 204-206, fig. 357.

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