A GEORGE II SILVER BASKET
MARK OF GEORGE WICKES, LONDON, 1742
Pierced oval and on four foliage scroll and mask-capped feet, the border cast with further foliage, flowers and rocaille, with overhead swing handle, engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked underneath and on handle
14 in. (35.5 cm.) wide
60 oz. (1,867 gr.)
The arms are those of Bankes impaling Smith, possibly for Sutton Bankes (b.1723), of Sleaford Lincolnshire who married a Jane Smith in 1747. He was educated at St. Johns and Trinity College, Cambridge.
A GEORGE II SILVER BASKET
MARK OF GEORGE WICKES, LONDON, 1742
Pierced oval and on four foliage scroll and mask-capped feet, the border cast with further foliage, flowers and rocaille, with overhead swing handle, engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked underneath and on handle
14 in. (35.5 cm.) wide
60 oz. (1,867 gr.)
The arms are those of Bankes impaling Smith, possibly for Sutton Bankes (b.1723), of Sleaford Lincolnshire who married a Jane Smith in 1747. He was educated at St. Johns and Trinity College, Cambridge.
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