A George II silver swing-handled basket

A George II silver swing-handled basket,

by Robert Brown, London 1739,

shaped oval form, the body pierced with quatrefoils and foliate scrolls, and with a cast scroll and pierced border, the swing handle issuing from cherub masks, the centre with an armorial within foliate scroll mantling, on a raised cast base with pierced foliate scrolls and female masks, on four lion mask feet, length 33.5cm,

approx. weight 62.3oz.

The arms are that of Mass(e)y impaling Baker (variant arms).