A marrige basket with cover and a chestnut dish with cover
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A fine creamware marriage basket and cover and a chestnut dish with cover, circa 1775
Staffordshire or Yorkshire made for the European market, the round basket with an overhead strap handle, the cover moulded and pierced with heart-shaped ornaments, 31cm high overall, the wide, shallow chestnut basket with a delicate pierced trellis cover and ropetwist finial, 28.5cm diam (cover cracked and restored) (4)
Sold for £687 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Related shapes of marriage basket are known from Wedgwood and Leeds, the forms derived from traditional European country pottery examples.

Category: Decorative Arts / British Ceramics

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