ANTIQUE 1882 BRIDES BASKET CUT GLASS BOWL QUADRUPLE PLATE FOOTED FRAME

Description

This is a lovely square silver plate Brides Basket holding a cut glass bowl. The bowl is approx. 2.25” tall and approx. 8” diameter. The basket is marked Toronto Silver Plate Co. #169 and the letters EPBM which I think stands for “Electro-Plated Britannia Metal”. The company was started by James Watts in 1882 and closed in 1913. I don’t know the pattern of the cut glass bowl. This is such a beautiful impressive centerpiece console basket. It is a large approx. 12 “ diagonally from corner to corner and 10” from side to side. It is approx. 9.5” tall with the handle up and the basket is around 3.25” tall. The border is very ornate with etched bows in each corner. There are a few scratches in the bottom from the cut glass bowl. I recently discovered the cut glass bowl has places that are chips and a few “flea bites”. See the photos and make sure that these areas would be acceptable to you. They are not obvious to me, but an expert Cut Glass dealer pointed these places out to me. This basket is over 100 years old, so maybe it should be expected that it won’t be perfect. The chips are so smooth that I didn’t feel them and still can’t feel them, but I trust the expert. I do not accept returns, so please look carefully and make sure the age flaws wouldn’t bother you. Feel free to email me.