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Basket

(Dutch (active in England) 1688–1751)
1744–45
Medium/TechniqueSilver
Dimensions28.2 x 36.2 x 30.1 cm (11 1/8 x 14 1/4 x 11 7/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2307
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver
Collections
InscriptionsARMORIALS: engraved on the belly of the basket, the arms of possibly Pikenham or Watlons (NOT the Duke of Montrose).
ProvenanceAccording to tradition, from the collection of the Duke of Montrose. Estate of Dame Isabella Bell Cooper, Isleworth House and Chilton Lodge, Newbury. February 25, 1913, sold at Christie's, London, lot 35. Chrichton Bros., London. By 1928, with James Robinson, New York; October 15, 1928, sold by James Robinson to Forsyth Wickes, New York and Newport, RI (d. 1964); 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)
Paul de Lamerie
1725–26
Group shot:  63.485, 63.486
Paul de Lamerie
marked 1745–46, with later additions
Salver
Paul de Lamerie
1734–35
Paul de Lamerie
1736–37
Marrow Spoon
Paul de Lamerie
about 1720
Paul de Lamerie
between 1732–39
Group shot:  35.1619, 35.1620
Paul de Lamerie
between 1732–39
Group shot:  63.485, 63.486
Paul de Lamerie
marked 1745–46, with later additions
Group shot: 2001.47.1-3a-b
Paul de Lamerie
1725–26
Restricted
Paul de Lamerie
1731–32