Worcester Chestnut Basket with Pierced Stand and Lid Gilt Quatrefoil c1770

Description

Heading : Worcester Chestnut Basket with Stand and Pierced Lid – gilt Quatrefoil – c1770
Date : c 1770
Period : George III
Marks : None
Origin : Worcester. England
Colour :  Gilt decoration over pink enamel on white base
Pattern : Repeating quatrefoil device. each within a moulded hexagonal cartouche on the basket. with a pair of shell handles each to the stand and basket; the handle on the lid is in the form of an applied globe artichoke with its distinctive leaves. with a smaller applied version of the same which is purely decorative; the stand is of lobed form. which repeats in the form of the basket and lid

Condition : Very good; to the lid – one of the fleshy leaves of the smaller flower has a broken tip. and the extremity of one stems has also been lost. though the missing pieces are tiny. The basket section is excellent with just some tiny nibbles to the edge of each handle. and glaze shrinkage inside the base rim; the stand is again excellent. with no issues other than a shrinkage crack along the inside of the base rim; no damage to the pierced areas; there is some gilt wear throughout
Restoration : None
Dimensions : overall height (assembled) 15.1cm – length 28.4 cm – width 22.1 cm
Weight : 1212 grams

Reference: for a piece of similar form. though different decorative finish see Worcester Porcelain – The Klepser Collection (Simon Spero. 1984) – page 178; plate 210