A GEORGE III SILVER CAKE BASKET
Lot 209

A GEORGE III SILVER CAKE BASKET

MARK OF WILLIAM PLUMMER, LONDON, 1769

Closed1 February 2011

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GBP 2,875

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A GEORGE III SILVER CAKE BASKET
MARK OF WILLIAM PLUMMER, LONDON, 1769
Shaped oval with beaded spiral rat-tail flutes, sides pierced with scrollwork and quatrefoils, shell, scroll and gadroon border, openwork rococo feet and swing handle pierced with diaperwork and terminating in "S" scrolls, centre of basket engraved with large crest of a demi-lion rampant, holding in it's forepaws a halberd
14¾ in. (37.7 cm.) long
43 oz. (1333 gm.)