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

Cake basket

Manufacturer Robert Makepeace
CultureEnglish
Date1776-1777
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/4 x 12 1/2 x 10 in. (8.3 x 31.8 x 25.4 cm)
InscribedMarked in the open work sides.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number78.102
Not on view
DescriptionElliptical shaped basket with decorations in the classical taste (Adam influence) of urns and flags against an open work (ajoure) background. Plain bottom engraved with a coat-of-arms.

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