Vintage Silver Plated Bread Basket With Swing Handle & Bun Feet Vintage

Vintage Silver Plated Bread Basket With Swing Handle & Bun Feet VintageThe item is a rectangular shaped vintage silver plated bread basket fitted with a swing handle and a solid embossed and scalloped rim. The basket has been designed with four bun feet underneath. The item is not visibly marked or stamped. A few small areas within the well of the basket have plate loss revealing brass. Aside from this the item is in good second hand condition. Height with handle: 18. 4 cm, Height of rim: 5 cm, Length: 29 cm, Width: 23 cm

George McPherson was a registered silversmith who manufactured both silver and silver plate

which is officially titled the “Apple Orchards” pattern

Slight age related fading has occurred on some of the gold trim

The feather tuft on the head

Wilkinson as well as Newport Pottery

The item is decorated in the “In An Olde World Garden” pattern with Crinoline lady and gold chintz decor

antique shell shaped sugar spoon

Alfred John's uncle Robert Johnson bought the company for his son Stuart Johnson and it stayed in the Johnson family's hands until 1976 when it became Myott-Meakin before becoming part of the Churchill Group

Combine this item with one of our Royal Vale Gold Chintz Tea Plates to form a beautiful Tea Trio

The Regent Works then continued to operate under Colclough China Ltd

The item is a cream coloured cast iron and tulip shaped glass candle holder decorated with four hanging faux crystal pendants

From 1925 the firm uses the trade mark ALPHA (bought by Harrison Brothers & Howson)