Title: Basket
Object type: Basket
Date: 1731/32
Artist:  John Edwards II 
Artist bio: British, active 1723–ca. 1753
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Maker
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
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Lions