Beautiful quadruple silverplate footed basket with bird handles.
Someone else sold the same one on a few months ago. They had it listed as a brides basket. I am not so sure since it is rather small for a brides basket. Thought it might be a condiment holder in which case the glass piece is missing. Either way, it is very pretty.
I polished it as it was completely black when I found it. It will clean further but it took a lot of polishing to get it this clean.
One foot appears to have been fixed. There are soldering marks along the top of the foot where it meets the rim of the base (see photos). Mainly evident from the inside but you can see a light excess mark along the rim on the outside.
One scallop along the rim seems to be slightly pressed in (see photos).
Circa1900 - 1925
HallmarkRockford Silver P. Co. Quadruple 743
Measurements3 3/4\" diameter (not including handles)6 3/4\" width including handles2\" height (to top of scalloped trim)4\" height including handles
Racine/Rockford Silver Plate Co.Racine Silver Plate Company was located on the northeast corner of Second and Main Streets in Racine ,Wisconsin. Then came the fire of May 5,1882, that destroyed seven square blocks of Downtown Racine. Attempts were made to move Racine Silver Plates’ materials to a safe uptown location, but the fire spread too rapidly. In the end, all that remained of the business was a few walls, smokestack and piles of melted silver.
The company wasn’t rebuilt in Racine. The city of Rockford, Ill. wooed its owners to rebuild there and the name was changed to \"Rockford Silver Plate Co,\" Bought in 1925 by Raymond Sheets who changed the name to \"Sheets / Rockford Silver Plate Co. they remained in business until 1956. Today the high quality products that were manufactured by Racine Silver Plate Co. are highly prized by collectors.(Source: racinehistory.com)
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