Stunning First Period Worcester Porcelain Chestnut Basket c.1775

Superb Worcester porcelain chestnut basket of oval shape with pierced lattice form walls, grooved on the outside, with scalloped rim and foot, and green enamelled rope twist handles terminating in large finely modelled decorative stems, leaves, flowers and buds applied over the basket walls. Puce painted simple daisy form flowers are applied at each external intersection. Inside is decorated in polychrome enamels with a large central spray of garden flowers in green, puce, purple, orange and yellow and pretty individual flower sprig are dotted around the walls.