A GEORGE II IRISH SILVER CAKE-BASKET MARK OF ROBERT CALDERWOOD DUBLIN, 1743 Oval and with pierced foliate scroll sides below a shaped shell and rocaille rim, the ends heightened with cupid masks, engraved inside with flowers on a textured ground centring a coat-of-arms, with an overhead swing handle and supported on four grotesque mask feet, marked underneath, the handle apparently unmarked, further marked on the base and the handle with a later French import mark, the base also engraved with a scratchweight '55=3' 13 in. (33 cm.) long 51 oz. (1,575 gr.)
A GEORGE II IRISH SILVER CAKE-BASKET MARK OF ROBERT CALDERWOOD DUBLIN, 1743 Oval and with pierced foliate scroll sides below a shaped shell and rocaille rim, the ends heightened with cupid masks, engraved inside with flowers on a textured ground centring a coat-of-arms, with an overhead swing handle and supported on four grotesque mask feet, marked underneath, the handle apparently unmarked, further marked on the base and the handle with a later French import mark, the base also engraved with a scratchweight '55=3' 13 in. (33 cm.) long 51 oz. (1,575 gr.)
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