ATTRIBUTED TO LOUIS ZEITZ (ACTIVE CIRCA 1825), OR FREDERICK ZEITZ (ACTIVE CIRCA 1875), PHILADELPHIA, 19TH CENTURY
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A PAINTED AND DECORATED TOLEWARE BREAD BASKET
Attributed to Louis Zeitz (active circa 1825), or Frederick Zeitz (active circa 1875), Philadelphia, 19th century
The rectangular dished form with rounded and rolled sides centering a crystalline interior enclosed by a conforming yellow and black decorated band with yellow, red, green and blue foliate, fruit and flower decorated raised sides
12½in. wide
Lot Essay
A paint and crystalline decorated toleware tray attributed to Frederick Zeitz and marked on verso "1874/FZ/LZ" is in the collection of Winterthur and is illustrated in Swank, et. al., pl. 32.