A delftware basket mid 18th century

A delftware basket mid 18th century, probably Vauxhall, the well painted with a Lotus pattern of eight petals containing a lotus flower on a scrolled ground around a central lotus plant, the rim pierced with interlocking circles, raised on a low cylindrical foot, two rim chips, 26.8cm.

Cf. Victoria and Albert Museum, no. C.25-1981, for a similar basket from the Lipski collection.