A DERBY PIERCED TWO-HANDLED BASKET

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A DERBY PIERCED TWO-HANDLED BASKET
CIRCA 1755

Of oval form with flowerhead terminals supporting rope-twist handles, the outside applied with flowerheads at the juncture of the basket-weave wall, the basin painted in shades of puce, green and iron-red with a gooseberry branch and insects, with brown line edge (handles restuck, wear to basin)--9 1/8in. (23.2cm.) wide overall