National Museum of American History
Bonbon Basket
1892 - 1898
Bail-handled, fluted oval basket on a plain, flared oval base with rounded foot. Applied cast gadrooning on ouside below concave-sided rim and at mid-shaft. Hinged, cast fasces pattern, U-shape handle. Flat bottom on underside of base is struck incuse with two rows of three combined marks: a left-facing lion passant, bell inside a horizontally-hatched oval, and three plumes or Prince of Wales feathers above a bell in square between two arm-and-hammer motifs in squares. One of two bonbon or candy baskets, DL.60.1158A-B.
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