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.
cake baskets
appliqué (technique)
silver (metal)
plate (material)
stamping (forming)
floral patterns
Silver
Floral
Medallion
Applied
Stamped
BASKET, CAKE
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
4.625 (H), 12.125 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.75
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