A VICTORIAN SILVER DESSERT BASKET, Sheffield, 1897, maker's mark HA, shaped oblong, on spreading foot, the far ground engraved with ruffled foliate band, the ends and mid sides chased with palmette swag below plain semi circle topped by flowering foliage, divided by pierced foliate scrolls enclosed by flowers and scrolls, with applied palmette rim, with overhead swing handle--12in. (30.4cm.) long, 34.5oz.