Lot Essay
See Simon Spero and John Sandon, Worcester Porcelain 1751-1790, The Zorensky Collection, The Antique Collector's Club, 1996, p. 269, fig. 322 for two similar baskets in two sizes.
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. AND MRS. ALEXANDER SAUNDERSON
A PAIR OF WORCESTER BLUE-SCALE RETICULATED BASKETS
CIRCA 1768-1772, BLUE PSEUDO-CHINESE FRET MARKS
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A PAIR OF WORCESTER BLUE-SCALE RETICULATED BASKETS
Circa 1768-1772, blue pseudo-Chinese fret marks
Each typically pierced with interlaced circlets, the interior painted with loose bouquest, reserved in a shaped cartouche edged with rich gilt foliate scrolls on the wattery blue-scale ground, the pierced rings of the basket with similar flower sprigs, the rim blue and edged in gilt, the exterior also blue-scale, gilt-centered dark puce-edged flowerheads applied and the intersection of the rings
7½ in. (19 cm.) diameter (2)
Circa 1768-1772, blue pseudo-Chinese fret marks
Each typically pierced with interlaced circlets, the interior painted with loose bouquest, reserved in a shaped cartouche edged with rich gilt foliate scrolls on the wattery blue-scale ground, the pierced rings of the basket with similar flower sprigs, the rim blue and edged in gilt, the exterior also blue-scale, gilt-centered dark puce-edged flowerheads applied and the intersection of the rings
7½ in. (19 cm.) diameter (2)