Description: Swinging handled silver basket adorned with flowers and berries and a star filled pattern marked A3604 and and A inside a circle next to another unrecognized hallmark. Has a base with four silverplated feet.


History: Household silver or silverware (the silver, the plate, or silver service) includes tableware, cutlery and other household items made of sterling silver, Britannia silver or Sheffield plate silver. Silver is sometimes bought in sets or combined to form sets, such as a set of silver candlesticks or a silver tea set. Historically, silverware was divided into table silver, for eating, and dressing silver for bedrooms and dressing rooms. The grandest form of the latter was the toilet service, typically of 10-30 pieces, often silver-gilt, which was especially a feature of the period from 1650 to about 1780. Silver requires a good deal of care, as it tarnishes and must be hand polished, since careless or machine polishing ruins the patina and can completely erode the silver layer in Sheffield plate.

Provenance: Lorber Estate, Palm Beach, FL


Dimensions: Weight (Pounds & Ounces) = 1.5 | Height(in) = 14 | Width(in) = 6 | Depth(in) = 6

Size of Artwork(in): 3 x 12"


Artist Name: Unknown


Medium: Silver / Silverplated Feet


Circa: 1940

Very good condition.