A Spode Imari basket, circa 1825, pattern 2635, the shaped rectangular basket with an arching handle, having an Imari type blue and iron red border with gilt enrichments centred with a polychrome oriental floral arrangement; impressed Spode mark, 9, and painted marks, height 4.72 in., length 8.19 in., width 7.09 in.
- Polychrome - Made or finished in many colours. For furniture, it is used to indicated a painted finish.
- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
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