A delightful small early 19th century Rockingham porcelain basket with very finely painted central topographical view of “Thatcher Torbay”A beautiful example on four small gold feet, with a cross-twig rustic handle with gilt highlights and naturalistically moulded delicate applied flowers. Exquisitely painted inside in minute detail is a view of a famous Thatcher Rock in Torque attributed to William Willis Bailey. The scene is framed with a gilt border of trailing vine.The basket dates to c.1830-42, marked to the reverse with a printed puce griffin mark and red script.A similar basket can be found in Alwyn & Angela Cox book “Rockingham 1745-1842”, colour plate 108, page 294.Dimensions: hight - 8cm, diameter – 11 cm.Condition: excellent condition, just some typical minor losses to applied flowers, and some very fine, hardly visible crazing to the reverse of the basket. A wonderful and well-preserved example.Payments:Purchases can be paid for via bank transfer...