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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 23039, member: 111&quot;]There was a wide variety of shapes in cake baskets, from flat like a plate to deep like a bowl, a good number have center wells, some raised like yours, have also seen raised centers with a flat platform rather than a well.&nbsp; Always just assumed the different levels on ones like this were to add interest to arrangement of cakes, pastries, etc., but took a quick run through a few books and catalogs to see if addressed, and didn&#039;t really find any mention.&nbsp; An 1893 Homan patent mentions &quot;at center a pit&quot;, without mention of any particular purpose: <a href="https://www.google.com/patents/USD22352?dq=d22352&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=pSVHVIvNNI3PggSY_IKICQ&amp;ved=0CB0Q6AEwAA" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/patents/USD22352?dq=d22352&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=pSVHVIvNNI3PggSY_IKICQ&amp;ved=0CB0Q6AEwAA" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/patents/USD22352?dq=d22352&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=pSVHVIvNNI3PggSY_IKICQ&amp;ved=0CB0Q6AEwAA</a></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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