Basket
Object type: Basket
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: British, London
Artist: John Edwards II
Artist bio: British, active 1723–ca. 1753
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: British
Date: 1731/32
Medium: Silver, silver plate
Dimensions: Overall (basket, confirmed): 9 x 17 1/2 x 13 3/4 in., 90 oz. 17 dwg. (22.9 x 44.5 x 34.9 cm, 2.8255kg);
Overall (liner, confirmed): 5 x 13 1/8 x 10 3/4 in. (12.7 x 33.3 x 27.3 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Credit line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Richardson, Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, Mr. and Mrs. Michel David-Weill, Ada Peluso and Romano I. Peluso, Annette de la Renta, Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Foundation, H. Rodes and Patricia Hart, Irene Roosevelt Aitken, Mr. and Mrs. Sid R. Bass, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Friedland, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, Stephen K. Scher, Alexis Gregory, Armin Bran Allen, Ford Family Foundation, Iris Foundation and Carol B. Grossman Gifts, in honor of Ian Wardropper, 2011
Accession year: 2011
Tags: Lions