A good Derby circular basket c.1758-60

A good Derby circular basket c.1758-60, painted to the interior base with fishermen hauling in a catch at the water's edge beside buildings, the interior walls with flower sprays in the Cotton Stem manner, the moulded exterior applied with small yellow flowerheads at the intersections, one handle well restored, 19.5cm dia.

Exhibited: English Ceramic Circle, 50th Anniversary Exhibition, 1977, No. 140.

Provenance: the Zorka Hodgson Collection.