Photo © Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by David Harris

Basket
Silversmith: Edward Aldridge
Engraved silver
H: 27 cm; W: 38 cm; D: 32 cm
Gift of David Berg, New York, to American Friends of the Israel Museum, In memory of his mother Ida Berg
Accession number: B90.0501
 
 
A George III silver basket by Edward Aldridge, London 1767, engraved with a crest. These baskets were used for serving bread or cakes, their form allowing superb patterns to be cerated by piercing the sides, as in this example.

Publications:
The Eighteenth Century English Dining Room, Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Digital presentation of this object was made possible by: The Ridgefield Foundation, New York, in memory of Henry J. and Erna D. Leir