Cake Basket

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)
Manufacturer
Title
Cake Basket
Date
ca. 1870
Geography
Place manufactured: Newark, New Jersey, United States
Medium
Silver
Classification
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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