A GEORGE IV SILVER BASKET, WILLIAM ELLIOT, LONDON, 1822, PROBABLY RETAILED BY THOMAS HAMLET
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November 11, 04:08 PM GTNN
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
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A GEORGE IV SILVER BASKET, WILLIAM ELLIOT, LONDON, 1822, PROBABLY RETAILED BY THOMAS HAMLET
flaring open-work basket form applied with cast fruiting vines, the upper rim cast with roses, the lower rim decorated with ornate scrolling foliage, flaring diamond-cut glass bowl
27.3cm., 10¾in. diameter
1737gr., 55oz. 16dwt.
Presented to Joseph Hume M.P. (1877-1855);
thence by family descent
The present basket forms the the terminal of a table centrpiece, broken down over t.mes to be shared among family members. By family tradition this centrepiece was originally presented to the Liberal radical reformer Joseph Hume M.P. (1877-1855). Sir Robert Peel described him as "the man for the t.mes s" with the welfare for his constituency and the country his ruling principle.