https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/2267/fullOval twig fruit basket with "The Pine Cone" patternca.1775Worcester Porcelain ManufactoryOverall: 8 x 15 x 18.6 cm (3 1/8 x 5 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Outside Diameter: 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.)Steatite (soapstone) soft-paste porcelain, underglaze cobalt blueGift of Barry and Marjorie PepperOrigin: Worcester, Worcestershire, EnglandG99.3.401Worcester pierced oval twig basket, after a Meissen or Chelsea prototype, of oval section. The sides are reticulated with a trellis work design, and the exterior has applied moulded florets on the intersections. It has hand formed flowers and foliage at base of tow applied twig handles, and a countersunk base. Transfer-printed with underglaze blue with "The Pine Cone" pattern, with Delft-style border pattern 76.18th Century European PorcelainWorcesterEnglish Porcelain[]European CeramicsEnglish Porcelain1819232618EnglishPrinted hatched crescent mark in underglaze cobalt within an incised ring