Pair of Worcester Blue-Scale Reticulated Oval Small Baskets
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
Dateca. 1775
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions7 in. (17.8 cm)
ClassificationsDecorative arts
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.295
DescriptionThis is a pair of Worcester blue-scale reticulated oval small baskets. Each basket is painted in shades of rose, purple, iron-red, yellow, and green. In the center is a cluster of flowers within a shaped oval panel edged with coppery gilt rococo scrollwork and reserved on a blue scale ground. The sides are painted with floral sprigs beneath a gilt-edged blue-scale border on the rim. The exterior is molded with open wickerwork with green-centered rose florets applied at the intersections. Two pale green rope-twist handles are affixed at the ends of the baskets and issue trailing stems of iron-red centered yellow blossoms and green leaves. There are W marks in underglaze blue. One basket has a hair crack through one handle. The other basket has cracks in the wickerwork at one end behind a restored blossom and leaf.
