A SILVER CAKE BASKET

MARK OF HUGH WISHART, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1785

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A SILVER CAKE BASKET
MARK OF HUGH WISHART, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1785
Oval, on oval pedestal foot with reeded border, the basket with a band of stiff leaf engraving within a reeded border, the swing handle engraved with monogram MC within mantling, engraved under base, Maria M. Cammann, May 26, 1791 Julia Cammann Whitehouse, 1862 Julia Whitehouse, 1889 Julia Christina Whitehouse, Oct-8-1914 Christina Whitehouse Boardman 1938, also engraved on reverse of rim, Christina Whitehouse Buckley 1969, marked on handle
13½ in. long; 32 oz.

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Lot Essay

Maria Camman (b. c. 1786)
Julia Whitehouse (b. c. 1815)
Julia Whitehouse (b. c. 1840), daughter
Julia C. Whitehouse (b. c. 1886), niece
Christina W. Boardman (b. c. 1886)
Christina W. Boardman (b. c. 1916), daughter

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