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Sweetmeat basket
Sweetmeat basket, silver, oval, standing on an applied pierced oval foot ring, ogee-curved pierced sides, curved handle hinged on opposite sides; the foot ring pierced with horizontal bars and circles, the sides with foliate scrolls between two bands of husks, these with punched and engraved details on the inside, beaded wires applied round the bottom of the foot ring, the upper surface of the rim and along the handle.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51393
Creation/Production
Hennell, Robert, I
Date: 1781-1782
Acquisition
Purchase - with support, 3/5/2001
Purchased with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the National Art Collections Fund and the Goldsmiths' Company.
Measurements
Height
(cm): 4.9
Height
(cm): 11.6
Length
(cm): 14
Width
(cm): 11.4
Height
(in): 1
Height
(in): 4
Length
(in): 5
Width
(in): 4
Weight
(gr): 128.44
Techniques
raised
forming
Applied Art
pierced
decoration
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
soldered
forming
Applied Art
Material
silver, sterling standard
Location
In store
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