George III Silver Basket by Hester Bateman

An absolutely wonderful example of the classic George II period (1727-1760) fruit basket with its finely detailed cast and applied mounts and hand-pierced sides illustrating all the ...

A large and impressive oval antique silver basket featuring slat work and fine cast detailing, The body is decorated with hand-pierced openwork detailing and a central band of hand-c...

A charming silver oval and shaped bowl featuring a crisply hand-pierced gallery around the upper half of the body and a cast and applied leaf and fanned flute rim. Two graceful curle...

An elegant oval Edwardian silver fruit or nut basket with attractive hand-pierced openwork decoration of scrolling foliage and flowers. The basket features cast and applied scroll bo...

Hallmarked in London in 1788 by Robert Hennell I, this very handsome, George III period. Antique Sterling Silver Basket, features slat pierced and an engraved decoration to the body,...

A George III sterling silver cake basket made by Burrage Davenport in London, 1783. The basket is of Classic oval form with bead borders an...

A very large George II silver swing handle harvest basket by William Tuite. Of pierced oval form, adorned with an immaculately cast rim decorated with scrolls, wheat sheaves and grapes surrounding four putti collecting the harvest. Each of the eight pierced sections are framed by cascading harvest bounty. The arched, swing handle decorated with matching floral, wheat and grape decoration, supported either side by a cast putti...

A very good large silver swing handle basket of pierced oval form. The arched swing handle with two cast female busts arising from a leaf capped double C-scroll support. The cast and applied rim of shaped foliate and floral entwined decoration. The central bowl of the basket engraved with a rocaille cartouche containing an armorial. The top of the handle is decorated with a leaf form cartouche within which is the crest of a deer. The sides of the raised basket with hand cut pierced decoration. The whole standing on four cast and applied legs, decorated with a beautiful scrolling foliate design rising to high relief female faces, on leaf-form pad feet. Hallmarked to the underside for London 1747 by Edward Aldridge. The underside of the handle bears the lion passant and maker’s mark, both struck twice. This is a beautifully decorated and impressive piece of early Georgian silver...