Fruit basket
John Jacob
Category
Silver
Date
1750
Materials
silver
Measurements
138 x 322 mm; 456 mm (Length)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 584862
Summary
Sir Walter Calverley Blackett's silver fruit basket engraved with pierced and embossed grape, vine leaf and eagle border, on four claw feet with swing handle over, incorporating two models of owls, engraved with Calverley coat of arms. Ex-catalogue card describes this item as 'a fine oval cake basket, the border pierced with grape-vine tendrils and masks; the base flat-chased with flowers and scrolls. Engraved with a contempory coat-of-arms. The single handle has a most unusual motif of an owl forming the handle sides. Arms of Calverley'.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Makers and roles
John Jacob, silversmith