SKU: p1045

Baskets of Love collection, -Cody & Courtney- by Alexei Isakov. Second issue in this series. Bradford Exchange, 1993. Plate size approx. 8.25 inches. Suggested retail $50.00.

Two tiny calico kittens cuddle together in an quaint wicker basket. Who can resist them? Your neighbor has just brought them over and, face it, you're going to keep them, even though you already own a pet or two.

These two heart-melters are featured in -Cody & Courtney,- Plate Two of the Baskets of Love collection by artist Alexei Isakov. Once again, this master of feline artistry gives us a portrait of kittens that is startlingly lifelike. You almost feel that you can touch them and stroke their soft, soft fur. And can you believe those marvelous whiskers?

Notice how Mr. Isakov has caught the typical glassy-eyed stare of young kittens in Courtney's eyes. And you've surely seen one kitten grooming the fur of another in exactly this way. But you know what's going to happen next: Courtney's going to stand just so
much of Cody's -bathing- and then the two will be head over heels in a velvet-pawed tussle. Alexei Isakov knows his kittens. Best of all, his original painting for Plate Two is re-created on fine porcelain to keep -Cody and Courtney- forever young.

The creation of the fine collector's plate you have just acquired and whose authenticity is certified by this document is the result of work by an international cadre of skilled artisans. After the plate art was created in the United States, a fine ceramic transfer, incorporating pigments carefully chosen to faithfully re-create the vibrant beauty of the artist's original, was created in France and Germany and permanently fired into the fine Japanese porcelain plate body at more than 1,460° Fahrenheit by talented craftsmen and craftswomen in the United States.