https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/10620/fullChestnut Basketca.1768-1770[com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.RecordXPerson@9001]Steatitic (soapstone) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsChestnut basket of lobed oval shape, moulded with florets in the hexagonal cell-pattern. The stand and cover are pierced, and all have applied crab-stock handles with flower sprays. They are painted in colours, the interior with gilt mirror-shaped cartouches of exotic birds, flowers, butterflies and insects, in reserve on a blue scale ground. The exterior has pink flower-heads on a yellow ground.com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.Classification@40dhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2912/rdf