Wire Work Silver Swing Handle Basket London 1766

Heading : Mappin and Webb swing handled silver cake basket 1924 Date : Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1924 Period : George V Origin : Sheffield, Yorkshire, England Decoration : Swing han...

Heading : Sterling silver waiter. Date : Hallmarked in London c1740 for Thomas England Period : George II Origin : London, England Decoration : Scallop...

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...

This is an exceptionally fine antique English Victorian silver plated fruit basket with hallmarks for the celebrated silversmith, James Dixo...