Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Basket, hard-paste porcelain, boat-shaped body, moulded and flaring rim and base, central loop handle in entwined twig form surmounted by a moulded and applied flower head; the base has rococo gilding, the body has a blue ground over which is painted gilt lines, the rim is encrusted with polychrome flowers and the inside is painted with flower sprays and gilt flourishes.