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