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A VICTORIAN SILVER DESSERT BASKET, London, 1895, maker mark W? over J? in shield, retailed by the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co., in the Paul DeLamerie style, the fluted shell form bowl on three dolphin supports, the broad border pierced with panels of trelliswork and foliate scrolls, applied gadrooned wavy rim, the valve reverse applied with shell and sea foliage issuing crossed dolphin tails supporting the curled caryatid handle--14¼in. (36.1cm.) wide, 68.5oz.