Although we have separate categories for various types of silver baskets according to their catalogue description - bon-bon, bread, cake, fruit, sugar and other unspecified - these baskets were variable in their uses. They were made in a variety of shapes including circular, oval, and rectangular, mostly with a swing handle and sides pierced with geometric or scrolling shapes. Some have four feet while others stand on a rim.

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Geo V sterling silver pierced bread basket. Hm Chester 1916,…

Geo V sterling silver pierced bread basket. Hm Chester 1916, maker George Nathan & Ridley Hayes. Oval pierced body with swing bail handle. Raised on an oval foot. (W551g)

An English sterling silver bread basket, early 20th century,…

Early 20th Century English Sterling Silver Bread Basket

An English sterling silver bread basket, early 20th century, (marks rubbed), 33.5 cm wide, 302 grams

A 1920's Dutch silver bread basket, oval boat form with…

1920's Dutch Silver Bread Basket with Ram's Head Handles

A 1920's Dutch silver bread basket, oval boat form with vertically pierced sides, captured ring ram's head mask handles. Date marks for 1928. 357gm. length 27 cm.

A Georgian III silver bread basket, elegant oval shape on…

Georgian Silver Bread Basket with Neoclassical Design

A Georgian III silver bread basket, elegant oval shape on conforming foot, with neoclassical pierced border (slight loss) and bright cut edge pattern within a reeded rim, tapering reeded swing handle. London 1791 by Henry Chawner. Width 37 cm, 757gm.

A Victorian sterling silver swing handle bread basket by John…

Victorian Silver Bread Basket with Swing Handle

A Victorian sterling silver swing handle bread basket by John Kilpatrick, London 1875 and stamped 1046 820 gms, 7.5 cm high, 31 cm wide, 24.5 cm deep

Dutch pierced silver bread basket, hallmarked 1951, L.M, of…

1951 Dutch Pierced Silver Bread Basket

Dutch pierced silver bread basket, hallmarked 1951, L.M, of shaped oval form, with beaded rim above scrolling acanthus border, total weight 408gm, length 29 cm

A sterling silver octagonal bread basket stamped 'sterling 925'…

Sterling Silver Octagonal Bread Basket

A sterling silver octagonal bread basket stamped 'sterling 925' to base. Height 10 cm

Edward VII sterling silver bread basket, pierced work straight…

Edward VII Sterling Silver Bread Basket by Charles Boyton

Edward VII sterling silver bread basket, pierced work straight tapered lined borders, wire rim and plain centre. By Charles Boyton, marked Sheffield, 1911. sterling silver Approx 346 grams, 34 cm x 21.5 cm

A magnificent George II sterling silver bread basket, 1744…

George II Silver Bread Basket with Grapevine Border

A magnificent George II sterling silver bread basket, 1744 London, with maker's marks for Ayme Videau, with a pierced scroll and grapevine cast border above a formal arrangement of cross patterns and lavish scrollwork, a shaped swing handle and engraved…

Edwardian sterling silver bread basket, mark of Cooper Brothers…

Cooper Bros. Edwardian Silver Bread Basket with Floral Border

Edwardian sterling silver bread basket, mark of Cooper Brothers & Sons, Sheffield, 1901, of oblong shape, with a reticulated border chased with sprays of flowers, centre crested and inscribed 'Spectemur Agendo', with swing handle, hallmarked, weight 599…

A Dutch silver bread basket, oval shape with pierced balls with…

Dutch Silver Bread Basket with Serpentine Beaded Rim

A Dutch silver bread basket, oval shape with pierced balls with serpentine beaded rim. 355gms. Width 29 cm

Silver pierced work classical bread basket, highly chased and…

Chased Silver Bread Basket with Putti Decoration

Silver pierced work classical bread basket, highly chased and engraved with scrolling flowers and putti decoration, marked Echeverria 916/000, twin handled urn 135g, 30 cm long

An Edwardian silver bread basket, pierced oval boat shape…

Edwardian Silver Bread Basket with Swing Handle

An Edwardian silver bread basket, pierced oval boat shape raised on four paw feet, gadrooned rimmed, pierced swing handled. Sheffield 1903 by Elkington & Co. Ltd. 380gms. Width 27 cm

Continental silver pierced bread basket, of circular form,…

Continental Silver Pierced Bread Basket with Rural Scene

Continental silver pierced bread basket, of circular form, decorated with a central image of a rural scene depicting three figures and a dog, surrounded by a pierced border, total weight 208gm, length 22 cm

A fine Georgian sterling silver swing handled bread basket,…

Georgian Sterling Silver Bread Basket with Swing Handle

A fine Georgian sterling silver swing handled bread basket, 1778 London, with maker's marks RM, of oval and everted form and raised on a foot rim with a wide pierced frieze elegantly decorated with paterae, festoons and beaded edges, the handle similar, a…

Mexican sterling silver bread basket having woven detail &…

Mexican Sterling Silver Bread Basket, Taxco Villasana Maker

Mexican sterling silver bread basket having woven detail & beaded edging. Taxco, maker Villasana. Condition good, some tarnishing. Diameter 24 cm. Weight 494g

Mexican sterling silver bread basket of rectangular wicker work…

Mexican Sterling Silver Bread Basket by Villasana, Taxco

Mexican sterling silver bread basket of rectangular wicker work form, with an undulating ropework border. Taxco, maker Villasana. Condition some minor denting & tarnishing. Length 32 cm. Weight 475

A Victorian sterling silver neoclassical style bread basket…

Neoclassical Sterling Silver Bread Basket with Decorative Stand

A Victorian sterling silver neoclassical style bread basket with decorative stand, 1908 London, with maker's marks for probably Peter Henderson Deere, the flaring pieced basket beaded to the edge, decorated with applied heads of wheat and fruiting vines…

Bread basket, sterling silver by Thomas Bradbury of Sheffield,…

Bread basket, sterling silver by Thomas Bradbury of Sheffield, circa 1898. 580+ grams

A good George III silver large bread basket, oval pedestal form…

George III Silver Bread Basket with Pedestal Foot

A good George III silver large bread basket, oval pedestal form with flared lobed body, flat decorative rectangular pierced rim and gadroon applied border, the tapered swing handle with restrained engraving, the flared pedestal foot with conforming…

A large Victorian silver pierced and embossed swing handled…

Victorian Silver Bread Basket with Swing Handle

A large Victorian silver pierced and embossed swing handled bread basket, Walker Knowles & Co., Sheffield 1859. Diameter: 32 cm. Weight 819 gms

A sterling silver late Victorian bread/ fruit basket with…

Victorian Sterling Silver Fruit Basket

A sterling silver late Victorian bread/ fruit basket with pierced ring and square decoration, scroll and shell border with gadrooned edges, shield roundel panels connected by swags. London, 1896. Weight 624g. Width 22.5 cm

A late 19th century European silver bread basket with pierced…

19th Century European Silver Bread Basket with Floral Piercing

A late 19th century European silver bread basket with pierced floral sides, reeded border, swags and portrait profile cartouches. Marks to base, possibly Dutch. Weight 1.9kg. Height 17 cm. Width 38 cm. Depth 28.5 cm

Sterling silver bread basket: mid Victorian with beautiful…

Victorian Sterling Silver Bread Basket with Crest

Sterling silver bread basket: mid Victorian with beautiful pierced bowl and swing handle. Engraved with crest. Made by Robert Harper of London c1857. Very impressive weight 1.050 kg. 35 cm x 32 cm x H.26 cm. Excellent condition

A sterling silver bread basket, Chester 1934/4, with maker's…

1934 Sterling Silver Bread Basket with Lattice Work

A sterling silver bread basket, Chester 1934/4, with maker's mark Hebfeb for Barker Bros, the elongated ovoid basket with a flared rim terminating in pierced handles, and with a fine band of lattice work to the body; hallmarked to handle. silver weight…

A Victorian silver swing-handle bread basket, Joseph Angell sen…

Victorian Silver Bread Basket with Swing Handle

A Victorian silver swing-handle bread basket, Joseph Angell sen & Joseph Angell jun, London 1846 of circular form with a foliate scrolled border and handle, the interior with arabesque engraved panels raised on a shaped circular foot, diameter 33 cm,…