A GEORGE II SILVER CAKE BASKET

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A GEORGE II SILVER CAKE BASKET
MAKER'S MARK OF SAMUEL HERBERT & CO., LONDON, 1756

Shaped oval, on four elaborate cast openwork Chinaman supports, with pierced trelliswork and scrolls between, the pierced sides with flaring openwork scroll and rocaille rim, the scroll swing handle with cast Chinamen and an applied rococo cartouche, engraved with a coat-of-arms within an asymmetrical foliate scroll and rocaille cartouche, marked under base
14 3/8in. (36.5cm.) long
(48oz., 1498gr.)