Description.

A beautiful piece, rare in its small dimensions. Beautifully painted floral sprays to the well of the basket. Handles moulded in stalk form and painted in apple-green. Reticulated body, small florets being applied at the intersections- both for decorative and constructional purposes; the flowers acted to strengthen the intersections, which otherwise would be prone to cracking when fired. The body mimics trelliswork-an innovation dating from around 1765.Unmarked, but this is a known Worcester shape.

Condition.

In excellent antique condition. No apparent defects. One flower terminal is, as to the upper half, of slightly different colour to the lower half, but does not appear to have been the subject of restoration. One of the leaves adjacent to the forehead appears to have lost its tip, but has been painted over and so was presumably applied in such manner.

Dimensions.

19 cm-handle to handle.

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We do not offer combined postage.

If the postage policy specifies that postage is included, we will send by tracked postage, rather than tracked and signed. If you wish for the latter, please let us know. There will be an additional charge which we will notify to you.

When we send by tracked alone the item will be at your risk from the point that we can prove, by means of showing a delivery confirmation, that it was delivered to your premises. Until that point, the item will be at our risk.

We are prepared to deliver all over the world, except (for obvious reasons, given the Russian state's  unprovoked acts of aggression in Ukraine) to Russia.

We aim to ensure that our descriptions are absolutely accurate. Nevertheless, antique porcelain is never perfect. We use high definition photography with the aim of making the condition of any item extremely clear. Defects which are obvious in the photography we use are deemed to have been declared, even if we do not specifically refer to them in the description. 

Restoration is sometimes extremely difficult to detect. We use UV light and transmitted light to check whether restoration has occurred. Sometimes, even those methodologies do not reveal restoration. If you are able, notwithstanding the definition, to show that restoration of a significant nature has occurred, we would obviously allow cancellation of the sale in such circumstances.