Victorian Silver Plate Greek Revival Webster Basket 19th Century

Glittering, over-the-top Victorian silver plate cake basket with Greek medallions with ornate, florid feet. It would make a great centerpiece or fruit basket. Oblong heavy metal silver-plated basket shape. It still has a lot of silver left and shines well. The basket rests on four raised feet that have an acanthus leaf motif. The inside of the basket has etched designs of shells and fern-like leaves. There are four medallions on the sides with raised Greek soldier designs. The inner edge mouth of the basket has a running bead border. There is a stamped medallion on the base. In a circle is the stamped name WEBSTER N.Y MFG Co. and the numbers 0 and 15. MEASUREMENTS14” (35.6 cm) long x 7 7/8” (20 cm) wide x 3 7/8” (9.8 cm) tall. Weight 1 lb 8.7 oz (700 g) CONDITION The basket has small silver losses and scratches, as well as a few small dents. The basket used to have a handle but lost it at one point. It still has the bead decorations below the edge where the handle used to be, but the e