Andrew Stevenson - periode 1810-1829 - Fruit basket - Earthenware - Chestnut or fruit basket

This is an antique English blue-and-white earthenware chestnut- or fruit basket with a distinctive Chinese-inspired landscape decoration from the early years of the 19th century.
This is a rare variant designed and released by the well-known English master potter Andrew Stevenson, who was active in Cobridge-Staffordshire between 1810 and 1829.
Although this small bowl, at first glance, seems to follow a standard pattern from that period, this variant differs in a number of crucial details:

The figures in the foreground: Instead of figures running across a bridge, this pattern features a group of seated and standing Chinese merchants or travelers on a hill.

The buildings: The large canopy-leaved trees on the left have a very specific dot-and-fan pattern that is characteristic of the copper engravings from Stevenson’s factory.

The chestnut basket is about 26 cm long, 17 cm wide (measured in the middle), and 9 cm deep (also measured in the middle).

One of the handles is glued (fairly well done, and almost invisible), and the basket bears various “age-related” signs, including discolorations and craquelure.

For all of this, see the attached photos which are part of this auction.