Basket, cake

Oval silver cake basket with outward sloping pierced sides and a folding handle, by William Dempster, Edinburgh, 1757 - 1758, made for the 2nd Earl of Hopetoun

Basket, cake

Silver cake basket formed as a scallop shell, supported by three legs in the form of dolphins and with a handle in the form of a hippocampus, by William Dempster, Edinburgh, 1747

Basket, cake

'Tudric' cake basket of cast pewter: British, probably based on a design by Archibald Knox, by W.H. Haseler and Co., early 20th century