A GEORGE III IRISH SILVER SWING-HANDLED BASKET, WILLIAM HOMER, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1760

LUGGALA, PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE HON. GARECH BROWNE

A GEORGE III IRISH SILVER SWING-HANDLED BASKET, WILLIAM HOMER, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1760

oval form, the rim cast and embellished with fruiting vines and wheatsheafs between raised masks, ornately pierced body, the swing handle embellished with dolphins at the junctions, on four stylised rocailled pad feet with ornate foliate junctions, crested

36.5cm., 14 1/4in. long

1829gr., 58oz. 16dwt.