London, 1785, oval form with pierced edge and conforming foot; the swing handle, outer edge, and foot with applied bands of beading; the center with bright cut engraved heraldic crest of a winged cherub above the monogram "ET." Hallmarks to rim and handle.

22.8 troy ozs.

11" x 13.5" x 9.5"

Very fine estate condition.

Descended in the Talbot family of Maryland. From a Richmond, VA collection. See "English Irish and Scottish Silver at the Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute" by Beth Carver Wees (NY: Hudson Hills Press, 1997), pgs. 192-194 for a similar basket also by Plummer.

$2,500 - 3,500