A GEORGE III SILVER CAKE BASKET

ANOTHER PROPERTY

Details

A GEORGE III SILVER CAKE BASKET
MAKER'S MARK OF WAKELIN & TAYLER, LONDON, 1791

In the form of a wicker basket, with overhead ropetwist swing handle, engraved with an earl's armorials against drapery mantling, marked under base
12in. (30.5cm.) diameter; 44oz. 10dwt. (1390gr.)

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Bennet with those of Colebrook on an escutcheon of pretence, as borne by Charles, 4th Earl of Tankerville, born in 1743, who married Emma, co-heiress of James Colebrook, Bt., in 1771.

A similar cake basket was sold Sotheby's, New York, April 19, 1991, lot 314.