A rare Worcester blue and white basket c.1762

A rare Worcester blue and white basket c.1762, the circular form painted to the interior with the Anemone and Bellflower Spray pattern, the interior walls with bands of flowerheads and leaves, the exterior applied with flowerheads, open crescent mark, a short rim crack, 16.7cm dia.

Cf. Branyan, French and Sandon, Worcester Blue and White Porcelain 1751-1790, I.E.24A.