Cake Basket
ca. 1770 (made)
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The cake basket, otherwise known as a bread basket or fruit basket, was a particularly popular item of tableware in the 18th century. One Sheffield plating firm, Watson & Bradbury, in their pattern book for 1788-1815, listed 148 different patterns for this type of object alone. These baskets were usually circular, boat shaped or oval, like this example.
It is pierced with quatrefoils and stamped with garlands in relief within a rococo border.
Sheffield plate originated, with the discovery in 1742, that bars of silver and copper, in unequal proportions, fused by heating under pressure, could be rolled into sheets of laminated metal and worked like silver. The industry this material created flourished for about 100 years until superseded by electroplating in the 1840s.
It is pierced with quatrefoils and stamped with garlands in relief within a rococo border.
Sheffield plate originated, with the discovery in 1742, that bars of silver and copper, in unequal proportions, fused by heating under pressure, could be rolled into sheets of laminated metal and worked like silver. The industry this material created flourished for about 100 years until superseded by electroplating in the 1840s.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Sheffield plate |
| Brief description | Cake basket, Sheffield Plate, English, ca. 1770 |
| Physical description | Oval, pierced with quatrefoils and other ornament. Stamped with garlands in relief within a rococo border, shaped swing handle, pierced with semi-circles, the foot with quartefoils in ovolo. |
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| Style | |
| Production type | Mass produced |
| Credit line | The Wolseley Bequest |
| Production | Reason For Production: Retail |
| Summary | The cake basket, otherwise known as a bread basket or fruit basket, was a particularly popular item of tableware in the 18th century. One Sheffield plating firm, Watson & Bradbury, in their pattern book for 1788-1815, listed 148 different patterns for this type of object alone. These baskets were usually circular, boat shaped or oval, like this example. It is pierced with quatrefoils and stamped with garlands in relief within a rococo border. Sheffield plate originated, with the discovery in 1742, that bars of silver and copper, in unequal proportions, fused by heating under pressure, could be rolled into sheets of laminated metal and worked like silver. The industry this material created flourished for about 100 years until superseded by electroplating in the 1840s. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.168-1920 |
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| Record created | September 23, 2002 |
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