A GEORGE II SILVER CAKE BASKET MAKER'S MARK OF ELIZABETH GODFREY, LONDON, 1753
Details
A GEORGE II SILVER CAKE BASKET MAKER'S MARK OF ELIZABETH GODFREY, LONDON, 1753
In the form of a raffia basket, with ropetwist overhead swing handle, engraved with two coats-of-arms within rococo cartouches, marked under base
12½in. (31.7cm.) long; 35oz. (1104gr.)
Lot Essay
The arms on the left are those of St John impaling those of Pulleyn; on the right they are the same arms with a label of three points denoting an eldest son.