Bread basket
Object type: Bread basket
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: British, London
Artist: Paul de Lamerie
Artist bio: British, 1688–1751, active 1712–51
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: British
Date: 1744/45
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Overall (with handle, confirmed): 11 1/4 x 14 1/4 x 12 in., 65 oz. 11 dwt. (28.6 x 36.2 x 30.5 cm, 2.0395kg);
Height (without handle, confirmed): 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Credit line: Helen Flynn Conway Collection, Bequest of Helen Flynn Conway, 1966
Accession year: 1966
Tags: Flowers