A George II swing-handled basket,

A George II swing-handled basket,
by William Cripps, London 1744,
oval form, pierced with mullets and scroll decoration, with a pierced and chased border of shell and scroll foliate decoration, swing-handle decoration with scroll foliate and capped with female masks, on four lion mask capped paw feet, engraved with an armorial shield within foliate scroll mantling, length 35cm, approx. weight 57.3oz.

The armorial is that of Hunt of Ireland (registered to Captain Hunt of Colonel Childry Coote's Regiment).