New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Cake basket

Manufacturer Ann Bateman

Manufacturer Peter Bateman

CultureEnglish

Date1795-1796

MediumSilver

DimensionsOverall: 12 x 15 x 10 in. (30.5 x 38.1 x 25.4 cm)

InscribedFully marked on side near openwork design.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number80.185

Not on view

DescriptionElliptical shaped basket raised on shaped, threaded foot with openwork. The basket decorated with a threaded edge and bands of engraving. A wide band of open work volutes from which are cascades of engraved flowers spilling down the inside of the basket. The bail handle is threaded.

Published ReferencesArthur G. Grimwade, LONDON GOLDSMITHS 1697-1837, (Faber and Faber, London, 1976), p. 156, no. 2140 for marks.