Lot Essay
Cf. A. W. Coysh, Blue-Printed Earthenware, (1972), p. 63, for a chestnut basket of similar form.
Details
A pair of English pearlware pierced rectangular chestnut baskets and stands
possibly Ridgway, painted in iron-red with a band of trailing vines reserved on a butterscotch ground above a pierced band of open scrollwork, the handles moulded with fruiting vine, iron-red no. 582, circa 1810, and two plates en suite -- the tureens 25.5cm. wide (2)
possibly Ridgway, painted in iron-red with a band of trailing vines reserved on a butterscotch ground above a pierced band of open scrollwork, the handles moulded with fruiting vine, iron-red no. 582, circa 1810, and two plates en suite -- the tureens 25.5cm. wide (2)