A GEORGE III SILVER SUGAR BASKET AND CREAM JUG
A GEORGE III SILVER SUGAR BASKET AND CREAM JUG

MAKER'S MARK OF HESTER BATEMAN, LONDON, THE BASKET 1787, THE CREAM JUG 1794

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A GEORGE III SILVER SUGAR BASKET AND CREAM JUG
Maker's mark of Hester Bateman, London, the basket 1787, the cream jug 1794
The vase shaped basket on oval trumpet foot, with beaded borders, the body bright-cut with floral swags, centering two oval cartouches, one engraved with initial B, with beaded swing handle; the helmet-form jug on square pedestal foot with loop handle, the body bright-cut with leaf garland centering a vacant cartouche, marked under base of sugar basket and on foot of jug
The basket 5¾in. (14.8cm.) long, the jug 5.3/8in. (13.7cm.) high; 8oz. (251gr.) (2)

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