Cake Basket

Meriden Britannia Company

Caption

Meriden Britannia Company 1852–1898. Cake Basket, ca. 1875. Silver - plate, 13 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (34.3 x 26 x 26 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Liberman, 87.223.15. Creative Commons-BY

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Cake Basket

Date

ca. 1875

Medium

Silver - plate

Classification

Food/Drink

Dimensions

13 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (34.3 x 26 x 26 cm)

Signatures

no signature

Inscriptions

no inscriptions

Markings

in circle, surrounding shield with scales: MERIDEN / B. COMPANY. Below thiis: 1633.

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Liberman

Accession Number

87.223.15

Rights

Creative Commons-BY

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