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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 442408, member: 111&quot;]Might be silver, but maybe Old Sheffield Plate (fused plate) - can&#039;t really see well enough to tell, but it looks like there might be wire soldered to the rims.&nbsp; OSP was worked like solid silver and was most often unmarked.&nbsp; See any bleed-through to copper anywhere?</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, would guess late 18th - early 19th century, definitely hand-wrought and the hand-cut threaded posts and square nuts are something I&#039;ve run across a number of times, on silver as well as OSP.&nbsp; Those stars seem an unusual element...</p><p><br /></p><p>Size isn&#039;t mentioned and I&#039;m having a hard time gauging, but if around 10-12 + inches wide, probably a&nbsp; cake basket, if fairly small, might be a sugar basket missing its glass liner.</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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