Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 6th October 2021
Lot 851
A George II silver swing-handled basket
Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £3000
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Description
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).