Basket, Cake
- Object Name:
- Basket, Cake
- Object ID:
- 1979.055.14
- Place of Origin:
- England (possibly)
- Date:
- circa 1830
- Description:
- Cake basket. Silver or silver plate. Round basket with swinging handle and round pedestal base. Body of basket decorated with broad gadrooning. Rim decorated with slanted gadrooning. Handle attached with two pin hinges. Handle design is three strands that appear to be woven with two bunches of flowers on sides and a nameplate on top. Nameplate decorated with two wolves heads. Center of nameplate is engraved in script, "MJK". Base ring also decorated with slanted gadrooning. Letters "CG" in roman type engraved on edge of base ring.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- H-8 W-9.75 Dia-9 inches
- Provenance:
- From the family of Colonel William Austin Kent. MJK engraved on handle for Mary Jane Kent Thomas (1806-1897) of Concord, NH, and New Bedford, MA, daughter of William Austin Kent, who married Rev. Moses Thomas circa 1830. This basket was probably given at the time of her marriage. Mary Jane Kent Thomas was donor's grandmother.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Louise Thomas Blanding
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