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Sweetmeat Basket

1770-1771 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
London (made)

A sweetmeat dish is a type of dish which came in various forms, styles and sizes. It was used for serving sweetmeats which were small shaped pieces of confectionery consisting chiefly of sugar or chocolate with flavouring or filling at the end of the meal. At the end of the 18th century these items were made both in silver and Sheffield plate.


Object details
Categories
Containers
Food Vessels & Tableware
Metalwork
Object type
Sweetmeat basket
Materials and techniques
Silver, rasied, stamped and pierced.
Silver
Raising
Stamping
Piercing
Brief description
Sweetmeat basket, silver, London hallmarks for 1770-71.
Physical description
Sweetmeat basket, silver, the sides stamped and pierced with flowers and ears of corn resting on a spreading foot, the swing handle of twisted ribbon.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5in
  • Length: 6in
Marks and inscriptions
London hallmarks for 1770-71
Credit line
Bequeathed by Arthur Hurst
Object history
Bequest - Arthur Hurst

Acquisition RF: 40 / 434
Subjects depicted
Flowers
Corn
Summary
A sweetmeat dish is a type of dish which came in various forms, styles and sizes. It was used for serving sweetmeats which were small shaped pieces of confectionery consisting chiefly of sugar or chocolate with flavouring or filling at the end of the meal. At the end of the 18th century these items were made both in silver and Sheffield plate.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.118-1940

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O104693/sweetmeat-basket-unknown/
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