Details
A GEORGE II SILVER BASKET
MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN JACOB, LONDON, 1736
Shaped-oval and on pierced rim foot, the sides pierced and chased with shells, scrolls, scalework and latticework and with dolphin and mask fixed handle, the base chased with a band of diaperwork, shells, scrolls and fruits, the centre engraved with a coat-of-arms within a Rococo cartouche, marked under base and on handle, with scratch weight 62=6
13in. (33.2cm.) long
MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN JACOB, LONDON, 1736
Shaped-oval and on pierced rim foot, the sides pierced and chased with shells, scrolls, scalework and latticework and with dolphin and mask fixed handle, the base chased with a band of diaperwork, shells, scrolls and fruits, the centre engraved with a coat-of-arms within a Rococo cartouche, marked under base and on handle, with scratch weight 62=6
13in. (33.2cm.) long
Provenance
Lt. Col. R. H. Melville Lee, Sold Chrisitie's, 13 March 1969, lot 112
The Trustees of the R. W. M. Walker Will Trust, Sold Christie's, 21 November 1973, lot 95
The Trustees of the R. W. M. Walker Will Trust, Sold Christie's, 21 November 1973, lot 95