TWO UNDECORATED PORCELAIN BASKETS
ONE, BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, PERIOD OF CATHERINE THE GREAT (1762-1796); THE OTHER, BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Both with tapering pierced sides, the handles simulating twisted branches, one with molded trellis side, centring a basket-weave band, marked under base with blue underglaze factory mark for Catherine the Great; the other, decorated with the molded ribbon and cross, intertwined with a trailing laurel-leaf branch, marked under base with blue underglaze Gardner factory mark
10 in. (25.5 cm.) wide across handles, and smaller
TWO UNDECORATED PORCELAIN BASKETS
ONE, BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, PERIOD OF CATHERINE THE GREAT (1762-1796); THE OTHER, BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Both with tapering pierced sides, the handles simulating twisted branches, one with molded trellis side, centring a basket-weave band, marked under base with blue underglaze factory mark for Catherine the Great; the other, decorated with the molded ribbon and cross, intertwined with a trailing laurel-leaf branch, marked under base with blue underglaze Gardner factory mark
10 in. (25.5 cm.) wide across handles, and smaller
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