Sweetmeat Basket

Artist Hester Bateman (English, 1708 - 1794)

Date1777-1784

MediumSilver

DimensionsOverall: 5 × 6 3/8 inches (12.7 × 16.19 cm)

Credit LineGift of Ruth Carr Patton Kline in memory of her husband, Leonard Charles Kline

Object number69-41/6

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Collections

Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

Terms

DescriptionArched swing handle, open work on basket border, beaded mounting, on pierced oval foot. Marks on bottom: HB, lion passant, leopard's head crowned, date k (?). All marks rubbed.

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