Maker: Spode  Pattern: Italian

A beautiful pierced and decorated basket designed to hold grapes. The roundels in the piercing are set amidst scrolls and have moulded decoration of vine leaves and grapes. The grip handles at each end are decorated in similar fashion, with the vine picked out in dark cobalt blue. By contrast the pattern is printed in a soft paler blue than is typical for Italian. This is an extremely rare piece in Italian.
Backstamp: blue printed oval Copeland Spode's Italian England.
The glaze is finely crazed, but this basket is in immaculate condition.
The length measurement is from handle to handle.

Dimensions: 24 x 15 cm 8 cm deep / 9.5 x 5.75 ins 3.5 ins deep