Cake Basket

Whiting Manufacturing Company

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Whiting Manufacturing Company (American, 1866–Present). Cake Basket, ca. 1870. Silver, 8 1/2 x 12 1/4 x 8 1/2in. (21.6 x 31.1 x 21.6cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund, 1990.202. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Title

Cake Basket

Date

ca. 1870

Geography

Place manufactured: Newark, New Jersey, United States

Medium

Silver

Classification

Food/Drink

Dimensions

8 1/2 x 12 1/4 x 8 1/2in. (21.6 x 31.1 x 21.6cm)

Inscriptions

Engraved monogram in center of basket, within oval reserve: "VB"

Markings

Impressed on bottom of foot: "[lion passant with shield enclosing 'W'] / STERLING / A" Scratched: "924"

Credit Line

Henry L. Batterman Fund and Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund

Accession Number

1990.202

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