Decorative Arts & Design
Cake Basket
Metalwork
Details
- Author / creator
- Samuel Herbert and Company
- Object type
- Metalwork
- Date or period
- 1753
- Dimensions summary
- 26.4 × 30.1 cm
- Maker or workshop
- Samuel Herbert and Company
- Period / style
- Rococo
- Place of origin
- Britain
- Acquisition method
- Donation
- Credit line
- Gift of the Linfield Collection, 2016
About this object
Drinking tea at the end of the day, accompanied by sweet cakes and savory delights, became an established ritual in Britain at all levels of society during the 1700s. In grand houses, silver teapots, caddies, and cake baskets elevated this afternoon refreshment to a formal gathering.
Materials and technique
Silver
Signature and marks
“H/I I”; hallmark for London, George II, Samuel Herbert and Henry Bailey, and date 1753.; “To/H.H.M./from/S.K., E.W.G., J.H.J., D.R.L., M.B.R./on the occasion of his/Silver Wedding/1911-1936”; “50-2”; hallmark for London, George II, Samuel Herbert and Henry Bailey, and date 1753.
