Cake Basket

Item Information

Title:
Cake Basket
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.
Date:
1870–1890
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
appliqué (technique)
silver (metal)
plate (material)
stamping (forming)
cake baskets
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
floral patterns
Silver
Floral
Medallion
Applied
Stamped
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Newbury
Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.)
Extent:
4.625 in. (H) Diameter: 12.125 in.
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/50640
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
Accession #:
1986.75
Identifier:
50640