Details
A matched pair of Victorian silver large pedestal fruit baskets
each of boat-shape with upturned foliate ends and gilt interiors, pierced and shaped foliate borders, the sides chased wtih flowers, foliage and wheatears, with one vacant cartouche the other chased with amorini, the foliate chased oval bases rising to foliate chased inverted pear-shaped knops and on four shell decorated feet, Goldsmith & Silversmith Co. 1897, Messrs Barnard, London 1901 -- 14½in. (37cm.) 157oz.
each of boat-shape with upturned foliate ends and gilt interiors, pierced and shaped foliate borders, the sides chased wtih flowers, foliage and wheatears, with one vacant cartouche the other chased with amorini, the foliate chased oval bases rising to foliate chased inverted pear-shaped knops and on four shell decorated feet, Goldsmith & Silversmith Co. 1897, Messrs Barnard, London 1901 -- 14½in. (37cm.) 157oz.