Victorian Antique Sterling SIlver Basket - Sheffield 1845 - Hawksworth Eyres

Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1903 by Elkington & Co., this delightful, antique sterling silver basket, features pierced decoration to th...

Hallmarked in London in 1905 by Charles Stuart Harris, this attractive, Edwardian, Antique Sterling Silver Basket, is wonderfully decor...

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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...