Description
A George III silver swing-handled basket,
by Richard Mills, London 1770,
oval form, pierced with mullet and scroll decoration, pierced gadroon and scroll border, pierced swing handle, on a raised pierced oval foot, engraved with an armorial with foliate mounting, length 39cm, approx. weight 37oz.
Provenance: purchased from Phillips London, 9 December 1988.
The arms are for the marriage of cousins of the family Audby, Brabazon, Collins, Ovington, Portington or Quinitn.
