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A FINE GEORGE II SILVER CAKE BASKET
maker's mark of George Wickes, London, 1740
Shaped-oval and on four mask, wheatear and scroll feet, the body pierced with foliate scrolls and with cast and applied mask, shell and foliate scroll border, the swing handle with similar masks and shells, chased with a band of shells and foliage and engraved with a coat-of-arms within a Rococo cartouche, marked under base and with scratch weight 63-1 - 13½in. (34.5cm.) long
62ozs. (1,940grs.)
The arms are probably those of Vernon implaing Best
maker's mark of George Wickes, London, 1740
Shaped-oval and on four mask, wheatear and scroll feet, the body pierced with foliate scrolls and with cast and applied mask, shell and foliate scroll border, the swing handle with similar masks and shells, chased with a band of shells and foliage and engraved with a coat-of-arms within a Rococo cartouche, marked under base and with scratch weight 63-1 - 13½in. (34.5cm.) long
62ozs. (1,940grs.)
The arms are probably those of Vernon implaing Best