Condition: very good condition, no chips cracks or restoration.

This fantastic item is marked but we have not been able to identify the maker.  It has the type of glazes and colours which were used often in the Austria-Hungary region and also Ukraine and Russia and our guess is that is from around there.

The piece is made in a mould from a pale earthenware clay and the base has an impressed mark.  The handle is in the form of a snake like creature or eel eating its tail.  The interior of the basket is finished in glazes ranging from blue to purple and this glaze is also on the outside along with green and turquoise lighter glazes. Generally the quality of the piece is very good.

The serpent or dragon eating its tail is known as an Ouroboros and is an ancient symbol often representing eternal cyclic renewal of the cycle of life death and rebirth.