Antique English Silver - 02_13 (scroll down to see image)

A George II Basket
London 1737 by Gabriel Sleath
Length: 13 1/4"; Weight: 61 ozs. 4 dwts.

Engraved with the arms of William Augustus Home-Drummond Moray of Abercury, Scotland.

Gabriel Sleath was one of the best-known and most successful silversmiths of the period; his work includes the famous wine cisterns in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg and in the Grocer’s Company Guildhall in London.