Basket, cake

Description

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

Museum reference

A.1963.34

Object name

Basket, cake

Production information

Dempster, William, 1742 - 1771 (fl.)
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1747

Materials

Silver

Physical description

Silver

Associations

Assay master: Gordon, Hugh, 1744 - 1758 (fl.)

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