Tendril orders Pattern Reticulated Blue Transferware Chestnut Basket and Stand Benjamin Adams c.1810 (Faults)

A pierced or reticulated pearlware chestnut basket and stand. The basket and stand are transfer printed in blue with the Tendril pattern. This pattern was produced by a number of manufacturers and is normally attributed to Benjamin Adams when the central medallion has a white background, as with this example. The basket is extremely finely potted, the stand less so and feels heavy in comparison. The blue is paler on the stand and has flown a little into the glaze. On examination the prints on both pieces seem to have come from the same copper plate. The pieces have impressed marks of 2 and a heart(?) on the basket and a 2 and a V (?) on the stand – the impressions may not be of the entire marks The basket and orders stand will date to c.1810-20.

The basket is 8.5 inches long over handles, 2.7 inches tall to the rim 6.1 inches wide and weighs 260g. The stand is 9.75 inches long by 8 inches wide and weighs 400g.

The basket has two cracks from the rim, one in the middle of a side and the other about an inch from the left handle on the other side. These have been stabilised (glued) and have a little over painting. Cracks at the junctions of the side and base on the first side have been similarly treated. There is also a hairline crack in one handle. The stand has a small chip to the inside of the foot rim no other damage and no restoration.

Please consider these items are generally 50-200 years old, antique or vintage, and were made to differing manufacturing and quality standards to modern items. They have also been used and may show signs of that. Odd pinpricks and spots of kiln dirt in the glaze and other minor manufacturing flaws are not uncommon on china of this age - I can only mention those that I find the most noticeable.

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