Magnificent Baroque basket,

porcelain, white, glazed, oval base and sides of body with pierced bands, flowers, buds, palmettes and latticework rocailles, rocailles handles with small arches above, side walls each with female maske and crown of palmettes, height 14 cm, length 38 cm, some restoration to 1 handle, short firing cracks, Meissen, underglaze blue sword mark on a base, model by Johann Joachim Kändler circa 1740, this rare model makes reference to the items produced for the Swan Service for Count von Brühl (Ru)

Lit.: Schwanenservice, Meissener Porzellan für Heinrich Graf von Brühl, exh. cat. Dresden 2000, p. 40, ill. 27, model maker Johann Friedrich Eberlein, wall lamps circa 1742; p. 46, ill. 32; model makers J. J. Kändler and J. F. Eberlein, Glaucus and centrepiece for confectionery 1738/39; p. 169 ill. 44, bottle holder, model maker J. F. Eberlein 1741; p. 179, ill. 60, Glaucus with confectionery dish, Kändler-Eberlein 1738/39; p. 193, ill. 97, Glaucus with shell dish, Kändler-Eberlein 1738/39;