A George II silver oval silver cake basket

A George II silver oval silver cake basket,

by Samuel Herbert & Co., London, 1751,

shaped oval form, the body pierced with quatrefoils and foliate scrolls, and with a cast scroll and trailing vine border, the swing handle with a crest and issuing from mythical beast masks, the centre with an armorial within foliate scroll mantling, on a raised cast pierced base with foliate scrolls and female masks on four lion mask feet, length 35.8cm, approx. weight 53.7oz.

The shield is that for Fleetwood.

Provenance: Sotheby's, London, Fine Silver and Vertu, 29 November 2006, lot 94.