Meissen basket, circa 1745

Mid 18th Century

19cm across handles

Moulded with a basketwork exterior and applied with two handles with male and female mask terminals emblematic of the seasons, the inside painted with scattered Kakiemon flowers.
Crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue (handles made up).

Provenance:
Brigitte Britzke Collection, Bad Pyrmont

Literature:
Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts aus Bad Pyrmonter Privatbesitz, exhibition catalogue (2002), p. 82;
La Porcelana de Meissen en la Colección Britzke/Das Meissner Porzellan der Britzke-Sammlung, exhibition catalogue (2009), p.136

Exhibited:
Museum im Schloss, Bad Pyrmont, Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts aus Bad Pyrmonter Privatbesitz, 28 November 2002 to 26 January 2003;
Fundación Caja Segovia, La Porcelana de Meissen en la Colección Britzke 1709-1765, 16 July to 18 November 2009