A George II silver basket

MAKER'S MARK OF EDWARD WAKELIN, LONDON, 1748

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A George II silver basket
Maker's mark of Edward Wakelin, London, 1748
Oval and on four shell and scroll feet, the sides pierced with shells, scrolls and latticework, with cast shell, scroll and gadrooned rim, the swing handle cast and chased with shells and scrolls, the centre engraved with a rococo cartouche of foliage, trident, fasces and shells, and later with a coat-of-arms, marked on the base, the handle unmarked, the base engraved with scratchweight 60=10
15in. (38cm.) long
58ozs. (1,811grs.)