PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ANNETTE M. SCHIEFFELIN
A GEORGE III SILVER CAKE BASKET
MAKER'S MARK OF WILLIAM PLUMMER, LONDON, 1768
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A GEORGE III SILVER CAKE BASKET
Maker's mark of William Plummer, London, 1768
Oval, the short base pierced with oval enclosed quatrefoils, with corded rim, the ground engraved with asymmetrical architectural, foliate and floral vacant cartouche, topped by crest and motto, the spreading sides with beaded crossed arches enclosing panels of pierced quatrefoils, floretes and foliate scrolls, the border with roses divided by stylized shell, with gadrooning between, with openwork trelliswork swing handle--13½in. (34.2cm.) long, 28oz.
Maker's mark of William Plummer, London, 1768
Oval, the short base pierced with oval enclosed quatrefoils, with corded rim, the ground engraved with asymmetrical architectural, foliate and floral vacant cartouche, topped by crest and motto, the spreading sides with beaded crossed arches enclosing panels of pierced quatrefoils, floretes and foliate scrolls, the border with roses divided by stylized shell, with gadrooning between, with openwork trelliswork swing handle--13½in. (34.2cm.) long, 28oz.