A SILVER DESSERT BASKET, maker's mark of Jones, Ball & Poor, Boston, circa 1840, stamped PURE COIN, and also W&G., shaped oval, on raised oval foot, with raised center, one end engraved with coat of arms and motto, the other in script Mrs Mary Peirce to Emily S. Peirce, with applied wavy, matted foliate scrolls and flowers at intervals--12¼in. (31.1cm.) long, 29.5oz.