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Cake Basket

1753-1754 (made)
Artist/Maker
Samuel Herbert & Co. (maker)
Place of origin
London (made)

Cake basket, silver, oval, pierced in basketwork pattern, trellis border, wrapped edges and a swing handle of plait pattern.


Object details

Categories
Containers
Food Vessels & Tableware
Metalwork
Silver
Object type
Cake basket
Materials and techniques
Silver, rasied and pierced
Silver
Raising
Piercing
Brief description
Cake basket, silver, London hallmarks for 1753-54, mark of Samuel Herbert & Co.
Physical description
Cake basket, silver, oval, pierced in basketwork pattern, trellis border, wrapped edges and a swing handle of plait pattern.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.4cm (with handle raisied)
  • Height: 9.6cm (with handle lowered)
  • Width: 32.7cm
  • Depth: 26.8cm
  • Weight: 1030.8g
  • Weight: 33.14troy
Style
Rococo
Marks and inscriptions
  • London hallmarks for 1753-54
  • Mark of Samuel Herbert & Co.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Frank Smith
Subject depicted
Trellis Pattern
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.435-1922

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O104301/cake-basket-samuel-herbert/
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