FINE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART
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A particularly fine Derby
pierced circular basket, the latticed sides applied over the intersections
of the exterior with blue florets and at each side at the rim with double
ropetwist handles, each terminal applied with leaves and flowers, the
interior beautifully painted by the ‘Moth Painter’ with a particularly
fine spray of cherries, moths and other insects, the basket weave base of
the basket painted in a pale shade of yellow.
Circa 1760.
Diameter: 6 ¾ ins. (17cms.)
Patch marks on the underside of the base footrim.
One of the most skilled of the insect and fruit painters of which there
are at least four painting in this style at Derby at the time.
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