id:			291887
accession number:	2016.302
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.302
updated:		2025-02-09 07:31:32.761000

Cake Basket, 1753. Samuel Herbert and Company. Silver; 26.4 x 30.1 cm (10 3/8 x 11 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Richard and Ann Gridley 2016.302

title:				Cake Basket
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creation date:			1753
creation date earliest:		1753
creation date latest:		1753
current location:		203A British Painting and Decorative Arts
creditline:			Gift of Richard and Ann Gridley
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culture:	Britain, London
technique:	Silver
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Silver
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CREATORS

* Samuel Herbert and Company  - maker

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measurements: 26.4 x 30.1 cm (10 3/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	“H/I I”;  hallmark for London, George II, Samuel Herbert and Henry Bailey, and date 1753.
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	inscription:	“To/H.H.M./from/S.K., E.W.G., J.H.J., D.R.L., M.B.R./on the occasion of his/Silver Wedding/1911-1936”
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	inscription:	“50-2”; hallmark for London, George II, Samuel Herbert and Henry Bailey, and date 1753.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		British Gallery Reinstallation  (June 2020)
	opening date:   2020-06-30T04:00:00
	<i>British Gallery Reinstallation  (June 2020)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'No existing exhibition history', 'opening_date': None}

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PROVENANCE

	(Samuel Herbert and Henry Bailey, London)
	date: 1753-?
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	Sir Herbert Henry Merrett, by descent to his grandson, Richard Gridley
	date: 1936-?
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	Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Ann Gridley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-2016
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2016-
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IMAGES

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