Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 24th April 2018
Lot 125
A George III silver swing-handled cake basket
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000
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Description
A George III silver swing-handled cake basket,
by John Wakelin & Robert Garrard, London 1796,
oval form, the body pierced with scroll and oval decoration, gadroon border, the centre engraved with an armorial with foliate mantling, on a raised oval gadrooned foot, length 35.5cm, approx. weight 36.2oz.
The inescutcheon is that of Clayton / Fletcher on an unidentified shield.