A George II silver basket, Paul de Lamerie, London, 1739

the centre armorial engraved, on cast and chased supports, flower garlands between, the oval boat pierced and engraved with scrolls and foliage, the rim with interrupted by shells and mounted at each end with putti heads against shells, the swing caryatid handle cast and chased with flowers
engraved with scratchweight 61 = 1/4

The arms are those of Pulleine with crescent mark of cadence for the second son impaling Hutton for Henry Pulleine of Carleton Hall, Yorkshire who was the second son of Wingate Pulleine of the same. The latter was succeded initially by his eldest son Thomas Babington Pulleine but on his death without any male heir his brother Henry inherited the family Estates. Henry Pulleine married Elizabeth daughter of John Hutton of Marske, Yorkshire on 11 September 1764.

This basket is very similar to another by Lamerie of the same year, sold Sotheby's, London, 27/29 June, 1929, lot 174.