Basket
- Object Name:
- Basket
- Object ID:
- 1930.004
- Place of Origin:
- United States or England
- Date:
- 1840-1850
- Description:
- Basket. Silver. Open latticework body, with oval looping handles made in form of twisted vines with leaves (ivy). Sides and ends of basket curl inward forming large scallop decoration with grapes and leaves. Four feet shaped of twisted vines with a single leaf on each. No maker's mark seen.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- H-5 W-13.125 D-8.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Said to have belonged to Daniel Webster (1782-1852). Given to NHHS by Grace Fletcher Kelley (1852-1935), whose grandmother, Rebecca (Fletcher) Kelley (1776-1853) of Salisbury and East Concord, was the sister of Grace Fletcher (1781-1828), first wife of Daniel Webster.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Grace Fletcher Kelley
- Subjects:
- Baskets, Silver, Senators, Grapes, Grape leaves
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