Catchpole & Williams Ltd
EDWARDIAN PIERCED STERLING SILVER SWING-HANDLED BASKET, LONDON, 1912
EDWARDIAN PIERCED STERLING SILVER SWING-HANDLED BASKET, LONDON, 1912
Sterling Silver;
Price on Request
A George V sterling silver swing-handled basket, hallmarked London, 1912, by Catchpole & Williams Ltd. The body is of oval form, featuring an intricately pierced gallery composed of vertical slats and repeating scrollwork. The flared rim is finished with a continuous beaded border, a motif mirrored on the spreading collet foot. An articulated swing handle is similarly decorated with openwork geometric piercing. Catchpole & Williams, then located at 510 Oxford Street, held royal warrants as silversmiths to the King, and this piece represents their standard for substantial, neoclassical domestic plate.
L. 13 in., B. 10 in., Ht. 3.75 in. (excluding handle)
