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Cake Basket

Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1870-1890

GUSN

GUSN-50640

Description

Bail handle on a lobbed footed basket, with a convex center medallion and concave lobes with floral decoration. It has a machine stamped and applied border.

Details

Descriptive Terms

cake baskets
appliqué (technique)
silver (metal)
plate (material)
stamping (forming)
floral patterns
Silver
Floral
Medallion
Applied
Stamped
BASKET, CAKE

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

4.625 (H), 12.125 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.75

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