A GEORGE III SILVER CAKE BASKET

MARK OF EDWARD ALDRIDGE, LONDON, 1762

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A GEORGE III SILVER CAKE BASKET
MARK OF EDWARD ALDRIDGE, LONDON, 1762
Shaped oval with gadroon borders, ribbed swing handle, fretwork sides and foot, centre later engraved with arms accollé, base inscribed with scratch-weight 34=4
14 ¼ in. long (36.3 cm.)
31.5 oz. (976 gm.)

Lot Essay

The arms are for Richard Plantaganet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, KG, GCH accollé with the arms of his wife Lady Mary, daughter of 1st. Marquess of Breadalbane (married 1819)

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