Description

A very pretty antique silver swing handle basket of small size. Possibly a Georgian epergne basket. Attractive cutwork design decorated with flowerheads and other motifs. Cast and pierced handle.

Weight 111 grams, 3.5 troy ounces.
Height 5.2/12.8cm. Length 15.2cm. Width 12.5cm.
London 1770.
Maker Sarah Buttall.
Sterling silver.

Marks. Stamped with a full set of English silver hallmarks inside the body below the handle. The cast silver handle is unmarked

Literature. Sweetmeat Baskets are usually miniature versions of a cake basket of the same period. This useful item is still made today but with a change of use as a bonbon or sugar basket (sugar baskets are either unpierced or contain a glass liner).

The basket is in very good condition.

Maker: Sarah Buttall

Sarah Buttall entered a mark at Goldsmiths Hall in May 1754 on the death of her husband Jonathan Buttall, a Founder from Minories. Sarah married John Bumford, a gun maker, in September 1754. The burial of Sarah was recorded at St Botolph’s in 1775.

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