Two baskets

These baskets have exactly the same form; only their decoration differs. Yet they bear the marks of two different factories. This suggests that semi-finished products – coarse fired, unglazed and undecorated pieces – could be formed in one factory and decorated and fired for a second time in another.

c. 1750

13.0 x 32.0 x 23.2 cm

BK-1976-77

Image and text courtesy of Rijksmuseum, 2019