An Italian silver fruit basket centerpiece bowl and cover, retailed by Cartier, New York, 20th century

An Italian silver fruit basket centerpiece bowl and cover, retailed by Cartier, New York, 20th century

in Buccellati style, the woven circular basket with lift-off cover realistically modeled as a mound of fruit and leaves including grape bunches, figs, apples, pears, and a pineapple

marked 800 on the surface of one of the leaves and engraved Cartier Sterling underneath basket

54 oz 10 dwt

1698 g

diameter of basket 10 3/8 in.; length of top 13 3/4 in.

26.6 cm; 35 cm