18TH CENTURY The fine lobed hexagonal filigree body and handle decorated with applied floral green, aubergine and blue plaques, the cover with a melon-shaped finial and with a small oval cartouche engraved with the Mainwaring coat of arms, all raised on six leaf-shaped feet, 22cm. (2) Cf. Chinese Export Art in the Hermitage Museum, Late 16th-19th Centuries, p.146, no.157 for a similar example in the Hermitage Museum collection, St. Petersburg. The quality of this basket resembles the style of the well-respected Canton retail silversmith Cutshing, who was renowned for creating enamelled and jewelled filigree items for the European and Middle Eastern royal households. 十八世紀 銀縲絲嵌琺瑯花口籃