Vintage Sterling Silver Oval Fluted Bat Wing Form Sugar Basket - Webster Company

Description

An antique or vintage sterling silver
sugar basket
in the
late 18th Century
George III style
, by the
Webster Company
of Attleboro, Massachusetts, the body of
fluted panels of
bat wing
form and on a
pedestal foot
,
the rim with a knurled rolled over edge,
one body side panel with an interlaced
scrolling engraving
ℳ
A
S
, marked under the foot rim
STERLING
and with the
company trademark
, the metal of light gauge, measuring
approximately
5
⅞
in. long x 4
⅛
in. wide x 3
½
in. tall overall, weighing 2.4 troy ounces or
76 grams,
with multiple faint shallow superficial line dents and other blunt dents, scratches, tarnish and wear commensurate with age and use, overall good condition.