George III Sterling Silver Cake Basket

the swing handle with beaded border and scroll decoration, the oval basket with pierced sides in bands of picket and stylised tulip and leaf scrolls, on a tapering foot with similar pierced decoration and beaded rim, crested and hallmarked

Measurements:

height 30.5 cm weight 823 grams

Provenance:

Geoff K. Gray Auctioneers, August 1967, Bernard Smith Collection thence by descent

• EStimate $3,000 - $5,000
• sold $1,440 Incl BP