George III sterling silver cake basket, mark of William Plummer, London, 1778, the swing handle with beaded border and scroll decoration, the oval basket with pierced sides in bands of picket and stylised tulip and leaf scrolls, on a tapering foot with similar pierced decoration and beaded rim, crested & Hallmarked, height 30.5 cm weight 823 grams. Provenance: Geoff K. Gray Auctioneers, August 1967, Bernard Smith collection thence by descent