SHEFFIELD, 1817, MAKER'S MARK RG
Details
A George III silver basket
Sheffield, 1817, maker's mark RG
Shaped oblong on four lion's paw and foliage feet, the body chased with scrolls and foliage, the gadrooned rim cast and chased with shells, flowers and foliate scrolls and with swing handle cast and chased with a guilloché band with male mask terminals, the centre engraved with a coat-of-arms beneath Baron's coronet, the swing handle with a crest within shaped foliate scroll cartouche, marked on side and handle
15¼in. (39cm.) long
54ozs. (1,682grs.)
Sheffield, 1817, maker's mark RG
Shaped oblong on four lion's paw and foliage feet, the body chased with scrolls and foliage, the gadrooned rim cast and chased with shells, flowers and foliate scrolls and with swing handle cast and chased with a guilloché band with male mask terminals, the centre engraved with a coat-of-arms beneath Baron's coronet, the swing handle with a crest within shaped foliate scroll cartouche, marked on side and handle
15¼in. (39cm.) long
54ozs. (1,682grs.)
Provenance
Charles William, 1st Baron Stewart (1778-1854) and thence by descent