Lot 9

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RUSSIAN ORDER SERVICE BASKET, GARDNER, 18TH C. Comprising a reticulated basket from the desert service for the Cavaliers of the Order of Saint George, Gardner Factory, 1777-1778. The cavetto with breast badge of the Order and outside of the basket intertwined with the neck ribbon and cross intertwined with laurel leaves and with gilt banding. Underside with blue underglaze Gardner mark. Length 14 inches (36cm).


Important Notice: The absence of condition information in the description does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition, a condition report is available by request.


Estimate:  $4,000 - 7,000   € 3,800 - 6,650
Price Realized: $13,750.00

Published:

At The Tsars Table, Russian Imperial Porcelain from the Raymond F. Piper Collection, Marquette University Press, 2001, a 50-page exhibition catalog, illustrated on page 10, plate 4.


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