Simpson Hall Miller Silvered Trompe L'oeil Basket Honey Bee Dragonfly US c 1875

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A FINE SIMPSON HALL MILLER SILVERED TROMPE L'OEIL BASKET, Ca. 1875 In the form of a folded and scalloped basket with applied figural dragonfly, honey bee and branches of cherries. Gilt interior. Quadruple mark on base and shape No. 53. Height 10 inches.
Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co., Wallingford, Connecticut, Marks: SIMPSON HALL MILLER & CO., QUADRUPLE PLATE, 53
"
SIMPSON, HALL, MILLER & CO.
; Among the firms engaged in the manufacture of fine electro-plated ware that of Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. stands in the front rank. So extensive has their business become that in addition to their head office in Wallingford, Connecticut, they have branch establishments in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, Melbourne (Australia
), and Montreal.