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A mid 18th Century swing-handled sweetmeat basket
of shaped oval form and on a spreading foot, pierced with shells and foliage and applied with shells, flowers, foliage and C-scrolls, the centre engraved with an armorial within a floral and foliate cartouche, the handle decorated with arabesques and with a vacant cartouche, apparently unmarked, probably circa 1755 - 6in. (15.25cm.), 9.25oz. See Plate 1
of shaped oval form and on a spreading foot, pierced with shells and foliage and applied with shells, flowers, foliage and C-scrolls, the centre engraved with an armorial within a floral and foliate cartouche, the handle decorated with arabesques and with a vacant cartouche, apparently unmarked, probably circa 1755 - 6in. (15.25cm.), 9.25oz. See Plate 1