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Antique Silver Baskets
We are pleased to offer a fine range of antique sterling silver Baskets. All of our antique silver Baskets can be purchased online, or from our shop in the London Silver Vaults. You can click on the image of one of the Baskets to see a larger picture.
Sterling silver baskets are amongst the prettiest pieces of antique silverware available on the market today. Silversmiths such as Paul Storr, Paul de Lamerie, Hester Bateman, and William Frisbee have all created beautiful pierced and ornate baskets, all of which vary in style and shape. Typically silver baskets are oval, with swing handles, although before the 1720’s they tended to have handles on each end, and before this they were circular. Silver baskets are rare before the second quarter of the 18th century, but after this, throughout the Victorian period and even up to today, sterling silver baskets were made in great numbers. Silver swing handled baskets were used often as centrepieces for the dining table, the pierced sides allowing the colour of sweetmeats, breads and fruit to be seen, but smaller examples were also made, occasionally with glass liners, used for serving sugar and cream. The decorative and functional appeal of these pretty silver baskets has ensured that they remain popular with collectors, with early examples by well known silversmiths being highly sort after.
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b2483: Edwardian Sterling Silver Sweetmeat Basket
Hallmarked in Birmingham, 1909 by Thomas Wilkinson & Sons, this handsome, Antique, Sterling Silver Sweetmeat Basket, features slat piercing to the sides and foot, reed borders and a swing handle. The sweetmeat basket measures 3 inches (7.5cm) tall, by 6.25 inches (16cm) wide, by 4.25 inches (11cm) deep, and weighs 5.3 troy ounces.£345
b2168: George V Sterling Silver Flower Basket
Hallmarked in Birmingham, 1913 by Henry Matthews, this very attractive, Sterling Silver Flower Basket, features ribbon decoration, a swing handle, and a green glass liner. The flower basket measures 4.5 inches (11.5cm) tall with the handle down (7.25 inches (18.5cm) wit the handle up), 4.5 inches (11.5cm) wide.£465
b2460: George V Sterling Silver Sweetmeat Basket
Hallmarked in Birmingham, 1914, this attractive, Sterling Silver Sweetmeat Basket, features bead borders, pierced decoration, and a swing handle. The basket measures 5.75 inches (14.5cm) tall to the top of the handle, by 7.5 inches (19cm) wide, by 6 inches (15cm) deep, and weighs 7.7 troy ounces.£595
j9947: George V Sterling Silver Basket
Hallmarked in Dublin, 1911 by Wakely & Wheeler, this striking, antique silver basket, features pierced and chased floral and fauna decoration, and a pierced swing handle. The basket measures 3.75 inches (9.5cm) tall with the handle down (9 inches (23cm) with the handle up), by 10 inches (25.5cm) in diameter, and weighs 20.74 troy ounces.£1,275
j7989: Edwardian Sterling Silver Basket
Hallmarked in Birmingham, 1903 by Elkington & Co. This delightful, antique silver basket, features pierced decoration to the body and foot, a shell and scroll border, and an acanthus detailed swing handle. The basket measures 9.5 inches (24cm) tall with the handle up (4.25 inches (11cm) with the handle down) by 10 inches (25.5cm) wide, by 11.5 inches (29cm) deep, and weighs 27 troy ounces.£1,375
j7632: George III Sterling Silver Sugar Basket
Hallmarked in London in 1782 by Hester Bateman, this attractive, brightcut engraved, George III antique Sterling Silver sugar basket has bead borders typical of Hester Bateman's work. The basket is 4" (10cm) in diameter, 7.5" (19cm) tall to the top of the handle and weighs 7.2 troy oz.£1,375
e8040: George III Sterling Silver Baskets
Hallmarked in London, 1764 by Samuel Herbert & Co, this antique Sterling Silver basket, is pierced with strap work decoration, and features rope detail on its rims, and an engraved armorial (see inset). The basket measures 13cm tall.£1,395
b0555: Victorian Sterling Silver Basket
Hallmarked in Sheffield, 1869 by T. Bradbury & Sons, this delightful, Victorian, Antique, Sterling Silver Basket, features engraved decoration throughout, and bead and shell borders. The basket measures 9.25 inches (23.5cm) tall with the handle up (4 inches (10cm) tall with the handle down), by 12 inches (30.5cm) wide, by 9.75 inches (25cm) deep, and weighs 24.6 troy ounces.£1,475
b1371: Victorian Sterling Silver Basket
Hallmarked in London, 1853 by John & Thomas Cutmore, this attractive, Victorian, Antique, Sterling Silver Basket, features a cast border and swing handle, and pierced and engraved decoration to the body. The basket measures 4.25 inches (11cm) tall with the handle down, by 11.5 inches (29cm) in diameter, and weighs 23 troy ounces.£1,495
b1452: George III Sterling Silver Sweetmeat Basket
Hallmarked in London, 1786 by Hester Bateman, this very attractive, George III, Antique, Sterling Silver Sweetmeat Basket, features pierced and engraved decoration, bead borders, and a reed bordered swing handle. The sweetmeat basket measures 2.5 inches (6.5cm) tall with the handle down (5 inches (13cm) with the handle down) by 6.5 inches (16.5cm) wide, by 4.5 inches (11.5cm) deep, and weighs 4.2 troy ounces.£1,875
j5648: George III Sterling Silver Basket
Hallmarked in London, 1806 by Henry Nutting, this very handsome, George III, antique silver basket, features a gadroon border, a plain rectangular body, and reed detailing to the swing handle. The basket measures 3.75 inches (9.5cm) tall with the handle down (9.75 inches (25cm) with the handle up), by 13 inches (33cm) wide, by 9.5 inches (24cm) deep, and weighs 25 troy ounces.£2,275
b0779: Edwardian Sterling Silver Basket
Hallmarked in Sheffield, 1902 by James Dixon & Sons, this Antique, Sterling Silver Basket, stands on a pedestal foot, and features pierced decoration to the body, and cast scroll borders to the foot and rim. The basket measures 4.5 inches (11.5cm) tall, by 13.5 inches (34.5cm) in diameter, and weighs 33.2 troy ounces.£2,475
b0895: George III Sterling Silver Basket
Hallmarked in London, 1803 by William Aitken, this very handsome, George III, Antique, Sterling Silver Basket, features egg and dart borders around the rim and foot, acanthus and reed detailing around the handle, wonderful engraved borders, and an engraved coat of arms to the center. The basket measures 11 inches (28cm) tall with the handle up (5 inches (13cm) with the handle down), by 14 inches (35.5cm) wide, by 10 inches (25.5cm) deep, and weighs 26.3 troy ounces.£3,275
d5043: Edwardian Sterling Silver Basket
Hallmarked in London, 1909 by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. This fantastic, very heavy, antique Sterling Silver basket, features both applied and pierced decoration, and measures 33cm wide, by 18cm to the top of its handle. The basket stands on four ornate feet.£5,475
j7359: George III Sterling Silver Pierced Basket
Hallmarked in London in 1786 by Hester Bateman, this superb condition George III antique Sterling Silver pierced basket has beaded borders so typical of Hester Bateman's work and the most beautiful brightcut engraving and piercing. The basket is 13" (33cm) long, 9" (23cm) wide, 10" (25cm) high to the top of the handle and weighs 21 troy oz. It is without doubt one of the best examples of a Hester Bateman basket we have ever been fortunate enough to own.£8,475
j7303b: George II Sterling Silver Pierced Basket
Hallmarked in London in 1746 by Edward Aldridge, this beautiful, George II, antique Sterling Silver basket has a pierced grape and scroll border, a scroll handle and sits on four figural feet. The basket is 14.5" (37cm) long, 13" (33cm) deep, 10.5" (27cm) high with the handle upright and weighs 56 troy oz.£12,750
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