A SILVER CAKE BASKET, maker's mark of Gorham, 1873, boat shaped on spreading oval foot, the neck pinched with a die-rolled foliate swag band, matte finished with applied ivy vines at the rim joining to the handle and continuing to bright-cut engraved vines on the sides, the gilt interior centrally engraved with an oval foliate cartouche, 11¾in.(29.8cm.) long, 19.5oz.