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Of oval form, the foot elaborately cast and chased with foliage, rocaille, and masks of Ceres and lions, the raised everted sides pierced and engraved inside and outside with continuous foliate scrolls, the rim applied with cast border of scrolls, rocaille and cherub heads; the overhead swing handle cast with acanthus-clad scrolls and female heads and applied with similar decoration.
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Private Collector London sold [through Christie's London November 6 1903 lot 91]. Archibald Alexander Hutchinson New York bequest; to Fogg Art Museum 1949.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Archibald A. Hutchinson Esq.
Title: Basket
Description:
Of oval form, the foot elaborately cast and chased with foliage, rocaille, and masks of Ceres and lions, the raised everted sides pierced and engraved inside and outside with continuous foliate scrolls, the rim applied with cast border of scrolls, rocaille and cherub heads; the overhead swing handle cast with acanthus-clad scrolls and female heads and applied with similar decoration.
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