Small, delicate silver basket on raised and pierced oval foot, the edges of the oval basket scalloped and below the rim engraved with wavy, dotted lines, below that a band of piercing in a pattern of scrolling foliage and a central roundel with floral motifs between vertical elements that mirror the pattern on the foot, the well likewise engraved with scroll and dot motifs, with reeded swing handle.

Fruit or Sweetmeat Basket

Hester Bateman, London, England

1788-1789

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