Stunning Silverplate Wedding or Fruit basket:Top quality-beaded handle;maker unk

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You are looking at a very special Victorian period wedding /brides basket or fruit basket...though a 100 years old it appears pretty much like new.  Even the handle which on these  items tends to get floppy after 100 years of use is still firm and stays where placed on its own. Other than needing a good  silver polish I see no faults with this lovely piece.  I have been selling silver for nearly 45 years and this is one of the best I've seen of this sort.
While not signed with any company logo etc(which  really puzzles me when I look at the quality)--it is signed beneath the rim of the supporting pedestal--but that appears to be the marking of some ones estate etc?  I can't answer that --other than to say it is a very nice basket...
The basket is 4inches high(not counting the handle bail) and 10 1/2 inch diameter.
Itis just a delightful piece of craftsmanship and I know you will be pleased with it. I bought it at a local auction in Burlington,Vermont from a house on the hill next to the University of Vermont and everything from that estate was superior as is this....
If you have any questions do not hesitate to ask them as I am not teaching this semester and thus am home much of the time...
Thanks once again...