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MARK OF EDWARD ALDRIDGE, LONDON, 1747
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A George II silver cake basket
Mark of Edward Aldridge, London, 1747
Oval, on four leaf-clad shell feet with espagnolette joins, the body pierced with floral scrolls and quatrefoils, the cast scroll border with roses and vacant cartouches at intervals, the overhead swing handle with modeled female figures draped in floral garlands and centering an asymmetrical vacant cartouche, the field engraved with a coat-of-arms and motto, marked on reverse, also with scratchweight 60=2
14½in. (36.8cm.) long; 58oz. 10dwt. (1830gr.)
Mark of Edward Aldridge, London, 1747
Oval, on four leaf-clad shell feet with espagnolette joins, the body pierced with floral scrolls and quatrefoils, the cast scroll border with roses and vacant cartouches at intervals, the overhead swing handle with modeled female figures draped in floral garlands and centering an asymmetrical vacant cartouche, the field engraved with a coat-of-arms and motto, marked on reverse, also with scratchweight 60=2
14½in. (36.8cm.) long; 58oz. 10dwt. (1830gr.)