Basket (panier, deuxième grandeur)

From the Getty Museum record

This green basket has pierced sides molded in imitation of canework. The arched handle simulates bound cane that has been wrapped with a gilt-edged ribbon. The records of the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory show that in December 1757 the painter François Boucher was given a small green *panier* (basket), probably this very piece. Boucher, who produced many designs for the factory, was frequently rewarded with porcelain gifts.