AN EXCEPTIONAL, FINE, AND IMPRESSIVE RARE ANTIQUE GEORGE III ENGLISH STERLING SILVER SUGAR BASKET BY THE RENOWNED SILVERSMITHS PETER AND JONATHAN BATEMAN LONDON 1790

THE BUSINESS THAT THE RENOWNED QUEEN OF SILVER HESTER BATEMAN HAD BUILT UP AND RUN FOR THIRTY YEARS WAS TAKEN OVER BY HER SONS PETER AND JONATHAN. THEY REGISTERED A HALLMARK WITH THEIR INITIALS ("PB" OVER "IB") IN DECEMBER 1790, BUT JONATHAN DIED IN APRIL 1791.

THIS MAKES THIS A RARE PIECE OF BATEMAN FAMILY SILVERWARE. AND DO NOT COME TO THE MARKET FOR SALE VERY OFTEN. A MUST HAVE FOR ANY SERIOUS COLLECTOR OF THIS HISTORICAL PIECE.!!!

THIS EXCEPTIONAL ANTIQUE GEORGE III STERLING SILVER SUGAR BASKET WITH BLUE GLASS LINER HAS A PLAIN OVAL ROUNDED FORM ONTO AN OVAL SWEPT PEDESTAL FOOT.

THE SURFACE OF THIS FINE EXAMPLE OF GEORGIAN SILVERWARE IS EMBELLISHED WITH BRIGHT CUT ENGRAVED SWAGS TO THE CENTRE PORTION, ABOVE WITH PIERCED LEAF DECORATION BELOW PIERCED DECORATED LEAF DESIGNS INCORPORATING FURTHER 3 BRIGHT CUT PIERCED FLOWERS AND A FRONT CARTOUCHE

THE UPPER AND LOWER PORTIONS IS ORNAMENTED WITH PIERCED DECORATED STYLISED LEAF DESIGNS.

THE RIM OF THE BODY AND FOOT ARE ORNAMENTED WITH AN APPLIED BEAD DECORATED BORDER.

THE BASKET RETAINS THE ORIGINAL BEAD DECORATED SWING HANDLE.

THIS IMPRESSIVE GEORGIAN SILVER SUGAR BASKET RETAINS THE ORIGINAL REMOVABLE BLUE GLASS LINER.

Condition

THIS ANTIQUE STERLING SILVER SUGAR BASKET WITH LINER IS AN EXCEPTIONAL GAUGE OF SILVER, EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY AND IN EXCEPTIONAL PRESENTATION CONDITION. NO DENTS REPAIRS HALLMARKS ARE CRISP AND CLEAR STRUCK TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FOOT, NO CHIPS TO THE LINER

Measurements

WEIGHT  263 GRAMS 8.46 TROY OUNCES