ENGLISH WORCESTER PORCELAIN LARGE BASKET

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By Jeffrey S. Evans & Assoc., Inc.

Apr 14, 2015 - Apr 15, 2015

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• Lot Description

  of ovular form, the reticulated and pierced walls with applied flowerheads at the interstices, the entwined branch handles to the sides terminating in clusters of flowerheads and leaves, the interior sides painted in Kakiemon palette with various geometric and foliate designs, the interior base centering a foliate border surrounding a wreath made of flowering prunus branches around a blue twig-form circle. Unmarked. Attributed to the Studio of James Giles, London. Circa 1780. 4 1/2" H, 10 1/2" W.
  
  Provenance: Property of a New England private collector. Purchased from Earle D. Vandekar, Knightsbridge, NY.

  Catalogue Note: A similar example offered at Bonham's, Sale 11900, February 23, 2005, Zorensky collection, Part II, lot 144.

  The form of massive basket is well-known, having been published in various reference books starting in the 1930s. The decoration is actually related to the “Old Mosaick” pattern, but with substantial over-decoration demonstrating Japanese influence. Spero/Sandon Worcester Porcelain 1751-1790 The Zorensky Collection, illustrate an unfinished saucer, pp.443, pl. 597, which shows that pattern in its plainest form. The elaborately-painted basket, ibid, illustrated on page 235, plate 275, has a different central image, but very similar side-wall treatments. The surface treatment of this basket accords with what we know of James Giles’ London atelier, to whose workshop this style of painting has been attributed in earlier decades, but the attribution is uncertain.

  Condition

  Very good to good condition, a tiny chip filled to rim (now visible). One handle with firing cracks and foliate terminates restored; the other handle glued back on to the body, and with florettes restored. Considering its size and age the basket is a rare survivor.

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