Monday 17 September 2012 | 10:00 | Lots: 557

Monday 17 September 2012 | 10:00 | Lots: 557

Lot 56

Lot 56

George III swing handle sugar basket.

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Lot 56

Lot Description

George III swing handle sugar basket of circular tapering form and pedestal base with horizontal pierced decoration, oblique trailing harebells and beaded rims, missing liner. Hallmarked London 1779, the maker probably Hester Bateman.  Height measuring 4 1/4 inches (11 cm), weight 3.1 ozt (99.9 grams).

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The sugar basket display general surface scratches, marks, wear and tarnishing commensurate with the age and use. There looks to have been a repair at the join of the foot, with some loos of engraving and a small puncture hole visible. The body sits slightly off centre. The cartouche is vacant. The hallmarks are partly distorted, in particular the first letter of the maker's mark. As mentioned in the description the basket is missing a glass liner.


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