Gabriel Lewyn
Basket
1769
Physical Qualities
Silver, 6 5/8 x 5 5/8 x 4 3/4 in. (16.8 x 14.3 x 12.1 cm)
Credit Line
Friends of the American Wing Fund
Object Number
2004.178
Oval sweetmeat basket, pierced with geometric patterns between embossed foliate sprays, scalloped gadroon rim with shells at the ends. Matching foot with border of twisted wire. Pierced bail handle chased with leaves and flower heads.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2004; Sotheby's, New York
Markings: Marked underneath base of basket twice "GL"
