Description:
Press molded basket with cover; cover is oval in shape with pear-shaped finial and molded basket weave pattern, and pierced arched edge; the base of the basket is oval in shape with two curved leafy handles at either end, the upper level of the basket has a pierced arch galleried section, below is undercut in a basket molded pattern, the base is oval with no footrim; the basket is decorated in polychrome overglaze enamels: the lid has a striped pear finial in orange and green, the leaves of the pear are green, the basket weave pattern has dashes of orange enamel, the arches are highlighted in orange enamel and the edge is painted in brown enamel, the base is painted similarly with a brown edge, orange arches, orange dashes on the basket weave areas, and brown dashes on the edge of the base, the handles are painted in dashes of orange and green. Condition: good condition, with some dark stained glaze crazing at the bottom interior of the basket. A similar shape called an "Oval Chestnut Basket and Stand" is illlustrated in the Whitehead Pottery Pattern book, c. 1799, pl. 17, #84. The form is shown with its corresponding stand. The stand is missing with this example.
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