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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.

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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
Archive III An oval Victorian sterling silver basket featuring a swing handle, crimped edge, pedestal base, and embossed scrollwork. View III
Archive IV An oval Victorian sterling silver basket featuring a swing handle, crimped edge, pedestal base, and embossed scrollwork. View IV
Archive V An oval Victorian sterling silver basket featuring a swing handle, crimped edge, pedestal base, and embossed scrollwork. View V
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Archive X An oval Victorian sterling silver basket featuring a swing handle, crimped edge, pedestal base, and embossed scrollwork. View X
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Archive XII An oval Victorian sterling silver basket featuring a swing handle, crimped edge, pedestal base, and embossed scrollwork. View XII
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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
Ref: SA1165350
An oval Victorian sterling silver basket featuring a swing handle, crimped edge, pedestal base, and embossed scrollwork.
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  • ObjectSilver Baskets
  • Period19th century
  • StyleVictorian
  • MaterialSterling Silver
  • ColourSilver
  • MotifsSwing handle, Crimped rim, Scroll embossing, Pedestal foot

This Victorian solid silver basket dates from the 19th century and carries full hallmarks for James Deakin & Sons of Sheffield, dated 1897. The piece is formed of sterling silver with a reflective metallic silver finish and weighs 365 grams. The oval vessel stands on an oval pedestal foot decorated with a pierced patterned border. A tall overhead swing handle attaches to the sides with small circular pivot mounts and terminates in a tiny spherical finial at the apex. The wide rim features a crimped edge and a broad border filled with embossed floral scrolls and foliage. Inside the bowl, a circular medallion of pierced scrollwork adorns the central base, surrounded by smooth reflective surfaces showing light age-related wear. Measuring approximately 28 cm in length, 21 cm in width, and 9 cm in height, the basket makes a functional accessory in a home setting today. It sits well on a dining table sideboard top, a living room console, or a mantelpiece, serving as a display container for small items or decorative objects within an English Country House interior.

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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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