A Victorian pierced and punch-beaded shaped oval swing-handled cake basket in the George III taste, chased with paterae and foliate swags and applied with a bead and flowerhead border, the handle pierced with mistletoe leaves and berries and engraved with a crest, the centre of the basket engraved with a monogram, Martin Hall and Co., London 1880 - 13in, 25.25oz.