A GEORGE III SILVER CAKE BASKET, marks worn, apparently maker's mark of S. C. Younge & Co., Sheffield, 1816, molded oblong with paired bat fluted corners, on waisted base, the center engraved with coat-of-arms, crest and motto, with chased band above composed of floral swags with fluted corners, stiff-leaf above, with elaborate berried laurel, blossom and gadrooned applied rim, with partly reeded and foliate swing handle--13¼in. (33.6cm.) long, 37oz.

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A GEORGE III SILVER CAKE BASKET, marks worn, apparently maker's mark of S. C. Younge & Co., Sheffield, 1816, molded oblong with paired bat fluted corners, on waisted base, the center engraved with coat-of-arms, crest and motto, with chased band above composed of floral swags with fluted corners, stiff-leaf above, with elaborate berried laurel, blossom and gadrooned applied rim, with partly reeded and foliate swing handle--13¼in. (33.6cm.) long, 37oz.

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