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<I>Bouquet holder, cornucopia, basket weave</I>
Joseph Wilmore, Birmingham, England · ca. 1831-1832
Silver bouquet holder in cornucopia shape. The holder has as closed base with open basket weave around the upper half. The lip has a decorative band with applied beadwork within rope borders and a scalloped rim. This bouquet holder was said to have belonged to the former United States president, William Howard Taft’s wife, Helen Herron Taft.
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