A SILVER CAKE BASKET, maker's mark of Eoff & Shepard, New York, circa 1860, also stamped Ball, Black & Co., molded oval, on raised oval foot, the interior sides of the bowl with inverted ovoid cartouche, one engraved with initials, flanked by double flowerheads and foliate sprig, with applied egg rims, with openwork foliate vine swing handle--11in. (27.9cm.) long, 30oz.