Belleek Shamrock Sugar Bowl, China

Shamrock Tableware, with its basketweave design first created in the 1880s. The simplicity of the pattern is based on the weave used in wickerwork baskets, once a common feature of both town and country. The design also cleverly used the stems of the shamrocks to shape such features as the handless and details of design. It remains an iconic collection, one symbolic of Belleek”s long craft tradition.