A GEORGE II SILVER BASKET
MARK OF JOHN JACOB, LONDON, 1736
A GEORGE II SILVER BASKET MARK OF JOHN JACOB, LONDON, 1736 Shaped oval and on short openwork foot, the sides pierced with scrolls and latticework, the fixed overhead handle with leaf-capped scrolls and engraved diaperwork, the base applied later with a circular shield and engraved with a cypher below a baron's coronet, marked underneath and on handle, the base further engraved with a scratchweight '56"15' 12 5/8 in. (32 cm.) wide 54 oz. (1,689 gr.) The cypher is that of the Barons Ashburton, perhaps for Louisa Caroline Baring (1827-1903), second wife of William Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton (1799-1864).
A GEORGE II SILVER BASKET
MARK OF JOHN JACOB, LONDON, 1736
A GEORGE II SILVER BASKET MARK OF JOHN JACOB, LONDON, 1736 Shaped oval and on short openwork foot, the sides pierced with scrolls and latticework, the fixed overhead handle with leaf-capped scrolls and engraved diaperwork, the base applied later with a circular shield and engraved with a cypher below a baron's coronet, marked underneath and on handle, the base further engraved with a scratchweight '56"15' 12 5/8 in. (32 cm.) wide 54 oz. (1,689 gr.) The cypher is that of the Barons Ashburton, perhaps for Louisa Caroline Baring (1827-1903), second wife of William Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton (1799-1864).
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