Heavy & Large Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Basket, R. Hennell iii, 1842

Hallmarked in London in 1850 by Robert Hennell IV, this striking, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Basket, features pierced decoration to the body, a cast border and 4 cast feet, a...

Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1919 by William Hutton, this attractive, Antique Sterling Silver Basket, is beautifully pierced and engraved, and features a shaped border and swing handle...

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...

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 ...