CAKE BASKET

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

Cake basket is lobed at the bottom of the basket. It has a chased border with urns at each corner and leaves raised above a stippled ground. The handle has a raised palmette design along both sides. The basket is fastened by two screws to a base with a row of repoussé ridges between a plain foot and a plain stem. Interior of basket and handle are gilded.

Object name:

CAKE BASKET

Made from:

Silver

Made in:

Russia

Date made:

ca. 1820-1826

Size:

11.4 × 14.3 × 44.5 cm (4 1/2 × 5 5/8 × 17 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

12.590

Class:

SILVER

Signature marks:

MARK 84; crossed anchors (spb) A Ya for Assayer Aleksander Ilich Iashinov; MEYER for Carol Friedrich Meyer on base (#1790); on bottom: all but assayer's mark

Credit line:

Museum Purchase, 1990