CAKE BASKET, Bailey & Co., Philadelphia (c. 1850)

Coin silver cake basket, Bailey & Co., Philadelphia (c. 1850), 13" long, 10" wide on oval pedestal base (6-1/8" x 4-1/2"), heavy cast pierced swing handle with script monogram "Pinckard" in small cartouche in center of handle, decorative band around rim of basket, marked under basket on one end "BAILEY & CO." over "CHESTNUT ST PHILA" in an incuse oval with "136" incuse inside and on other end with three pseudo marks (anvil, bust and eagle).