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Solid Silver Basket with Embossed Detailing - James Deakin & Sons Sheffield 1897
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Solid Silver Basket with Embossed Detailing - James Deakin & Sons Sheffield 1897

19th century
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Antique Solid Silver Basket – James Deakin & Sons Sheffield 1897 – 365g

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Antique Solid Silver Basket – James Deakin & Sons – Sheffield 1897

A beautifully crafted Victorian solid silver basket, fully hallmarked for James Deakin & Sons, Sheffield, dated 1897. This elegant piece features fine embossed detailing throughout, showcasing classic late 19th-century craftsmanship.

The basket is ideal for display or functional use, and remains in very good antique condition.

? Item Details:

Maker: James Deakin & Sons

Hallmarks: Sheffield, 1897

Material: Solid silver

Design: Embossed detailing with elegant form

Dimensions: Approx. 28 x 21 x 9 cm

Weight: Approx. 365 grams

Condition: Very good antique condition with light age-related wear; no major dents or damage

A charming and highly collectable piece of Victorian silver, perfect for collectors, gifting, or use in a refined setting.

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Bushells Antiques has dated this Victorian Sterling Silver Basket to the 19th Century.

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Antique Solid Silver Basket – James Deakin & Sons Sheffield 1897 – 365g

Description:

Antique Solid Silver Basket – James Deakin & Sons – Sheffield 1897

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A beautifully crafted Victorian solid silver basket, fully hallmarked for James Deakin & Sons, Sheffield, dated 1897.
Bushells Antiques

This elegant piece features fine embossed detailing throughout, showcasing classic late 19th-century craftsmanship.

fig 1. An oval Victorian sterling silver basket featuring a swing handle, crimped edge, pedestal base, and embossed scrollwork.
fig 1. Solid Silver Basket with Embossed Detailing - James Deakin & Sons Sheffield 1897

The basket is ideal for display or functional use, and remains in very good antique condition.

? Item Details:

Maker: James Deakin & Sons

Hallmarks: Sheffield, 1897

Material: Solid silver

Design: Embossed detailing with elegant form

fig 2. An oval Victorian sterling silver basket featuring a swing handle, crimped edge, pedestal base, and embossed scrollwork.
fig 2. Solid Silver Basket with Embossed Detailing - James Deakin & Sons Sheffield 1897

Dimensions: Approx. 28 x 21 x 9 cm

Weight: Approx. 365 grams

Condition: Very good antique condition with light age-related wear; no major dents or damage

A charming and highly collectable piece of Victorian silver, perfect for collectors, gifting, or use in a refined setting.

Date of Manufacture

Bushells Antiques has dated this Victorian Sterling Silver Basket to the 19th Century.

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SA1165350
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Archive I An oval Victorian sterling silver basket featuring a swing handle, crimped edge, pedestal base, and embossed scrollwork.

Solid Silver Basket with Embossed Detailing - James Deakin & Sons Sheffield 1897

Archive II An oval Victorian sterling silver basket featuring a swing handle, crimped edge, pedestal base, and embossed scrollwork. View II
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An oval Victorian sterling silver basket featuring a swing handle, crimped edge, pedestal base, and embossed scrollwork.
Solid Silver Basket With Embossed Detailing - James Deakin & Sons Sheffield 1897
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Victorian silver cake baskets were decorative tableware items introduced in the eighteenth century and widely produced during the nineteenth century to serve baked goods, fruits, or confectionery at formal tea and dinner gatherings.

These baskets were primarily crafted from solid sterling silver or silver plate, using metalworking techniques such as embossing, chasing, repousse, and fluting, often finished with a hinged swing handle and a raised pedestal foot.

Authentic British pieces feature official hallmark stamps indicating the silver purity mark, city assay mark, date letter, and makers mark stamped into the metal surface, alongside characteristic Victorian decorative motifs.

An antique silver basket functions as a refined centrepiece on a dining table, sideboard, or coffee table, serving either as a standalone statement piece or as a decorative holder for dry ornaments.

Sterling silver should be polished periodically with a gentle silver cream or soft microfibre cloth, washed gently in warm soapy water without abrasive chemicals, and stored away from excess humidity to prevent tarnish and oxidisation.
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