Bread Basket
1827-1828 (made)
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This bread basket might have held bread, cake or fruit and would have been passed round the table. Here the silversmith has embellished the surface with chased decoration, using special tools to model the surface without removing any metal. The centre carries an interwoven monogram.
Bread baskets were particularly popular items of tableware from about 1700 to 1800. They were usually circular, oval or boat-shaped with an everted (turned-out) rim and a high, arched, bail handle. The handle was sometimes fixed but more often hinged, as in this example. The sides were decorated by piercing or die stamping or a combination of both techniques. The basket usually rested on a supporting rim with similar decoration.
Bread baskets were particularly popular items of tableware from about 1700 to 1800. They were usually circular, oval or boat-shaped with an everted (turned-out) rim and a high, arched, bail handle. The handle was sometimes fixed but more often hinged, as in this example. The sides were decorated by piercing or die stamping or a combination of both techniques. The basket usually rested on a supporting rim with similar decoration.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, raised and chased, with hinged handle |
| Brief description | Silver, London hallmarks for 1827-8, mark of John Edward Terry. |
| Physical description | Basket for cake or bread. Border of shells. Rococo in style but structured in panels. |
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| Credit line | Mr A. G. Gooch Bequest through The Art Fund |
| Object history | Acquisition RF: 67 / 2701 Bequest - A G Gooch Esq., through National Art Collections Fund John Edward Terrey worked at Foster Lane in partnership with Samuel Hennell from 1814 -1816. He moved to Hatton garden in 1819, after the partnership was dissolved, where he was registered as a plateworker. Apart from making new silver, Terrey also "improved" antique silver by rechasing and altering the function of the piece. |
| Summary | This bread basket might have held bread, cake or fruit and would have been passed round the table. Here the silversmith has embellished the surface with chased decoration, using special tools to model the surface without removing any metal. The centre carries an interwoven monogram. Bread baskets were particularly popular items of tableware from about 1700 to 1800. They were usually circular, oval or boat-shaped with an everted (turned-out) rim and a high, arched, bail handle. The handle was sometimes fixed but more often hinged, as in this example. The sides were decorated by piercing or die stamping or a combination of both techniques. The basket usually rested on a supporting rim with similar decoration. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.1205-1967 |
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| Record created | March 3, 2004 |
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