A GEORGE II IRISH SILVER SUGAR BASKET

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A GEORGE II IRISH SILVER SUGAR BASKET
MAKER'S MARK OF GUSTAVUS BYRNE, DUBLIN, 1798

Fluted navette form on shaped oval foot, bright-cut engraved with bands of foliage and paterae between wrigglework borders, with shaped fluted swing handle, engraved on both sides with vacant cartouches, marked under base and on handle--7½in.(19cm.) long
(9oz., 293gr.)