A Fabulous Pierced George II Basket
Silver London, 1740 Maker's mark of Robert Brown
Length 29cm, 11.4in Weight 1,570g, 50oz 10dwt
The arms are those of READE of Yate, Gloucestershire impaling TRUMA
Oval form, the swing-handle with leaf-capped scroll sides, the body with a cast and applied shell and scroll border and pierced in a quatrefoil pattern, engraved with the arms of READE.