Crown Ducal Charlotte Rhead L5802 Fruit Border Basket Woven Handle Art Deco 1939 - 1950sw
  • Pattern Name: "Fruit Border" (sometimes referred to by collectors as the "Citrus" pattern). 
  • Design Date: 1939. It was produced through the World War II era and into the early 1950s. 
  • The "L" Prefix: The letter "L" stamped before the numbers indicates that the piece features lustre glazes. The basket likely uses a soft fawn/beige glaze accented by gray, brown, orange, green, and bronze metallic lustres. 
  • The Technique: The heavy outlines on the fruit and basket weave pattern were created using tube-lining (squeezing liquid clay through a nozzle like cake frosting), which was Charlotte Rhead’s signature, highly labor-intensive technique. [
 Stamped with the official Crown Ducal Ware / Made in England backstamp.
  • Hand-painted pattern code L5802 (indicating Charlotte Rhead’s Fruit Border design with premium lustre glazes).
  • Impressed factory shape/mold number 3 stamped directly into the clay.
  • Charlotte Rhead pieces are independently cataloged and collected worldwide. She is one of England's most celebrated 20th-century ceramicists. She served as the chief designer for A.G. Richardson & Co. (Crown Ducal)
  • Also has foil sticker of H.W. Hollands Ltd Jewelers, Fort Frances, Ontario (active business thru mid 20th century)