Mary Cooke
This George III bread basket (right) by Benjamin and James Smith is priced at £12,950 by Mary Cooke Antiques at BADA 2017, held at the Duke of York Square, Chelsea, from March 15-24.
Well marked to the foot for 1809 (the first of the Smith brothers’ brief four-year partnership), the 50oz basket assumes an unusual design combining fruiting vines with a pierced border of wheat ears.