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Cake Basket

Paul de Lamerie1738 - 1739

Harvard Art Museums

Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States

Of oval form, the foot elaborately cast and chased with foliage, rocaille and masks of Ceres and lions, the raised everted sides pierced and engraved inside and outside with continuous foliate scrolls, the rim applied with cast border of scrolls, rocaille and cherub heads; the overhead swing handle cast with acanthus-clad scrolls and female heads and applied with similar decoration

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  • Title: Cake Basket
  • Creator Lifespan: 1688 - 1751
  • Creator Nationality: British
  • Creator Death Place: London
  • Creator Birth Place: Bois-le-Duc
  • Date: 1738 - 1739
  • Physical Dimensions: w35.6 x h25.4 x d33.0 cm
  • Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Archibald A. Hutchinson, Esq.
  • Creation Place: London/England/United Kingdom/Europe
  • Artist: Paul De Lamerie
  • Type: Vessels
  • External Link: Harvard Art Museums
  • Medium: Silver gilt
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