An Elizabeth Godfrey Reticulated Silver Cake Basket, London, 1754. Marks: (lion passant), (crowned leopard's head), EG, t...

Description

An Elizabeth Godfrey Reticulated Silver Cake Basket, London, 1754
Marks: (lion passant), (crowned leopard's head), EG, t
10 x 14-1/4 x 11-7/8 inches (25.4 x 36.2 x 30.2 cm)
895 grams (28.78 troy ounces)

The cake basket engraved with a quartered shield, the first quarter charged with a fess bearing three mullets, the fourth with mid-flight birds, all within a rococo cartouche of scrolling foliage.

Property of a Hancock Park, California Collector

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