Lot 395 , A late Victorian silver oval cake basket, 17.5 oz.

A late Victorian silver oval cake basket, embossed with foliate scroll decoration, on four scroll feet, Henry Wigfull, Sheffield, 1898, 10.5in, 17.5 oz.
Estimate £150-200

The rim has at least 10 splits to the silver in different places, most quite small, one more severe. There is a repair under neath one of the handles where it joins the body. Hallmarks on base and handle clear, although some very slight rubbing to the maker's mark.


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Sold for £200