Bride's Basket/Cake Basket Silverplate, Antique, Homan Silver Plate Co.

Description

Beautiful and elegant, this Victorian Bride's Basket (also called Cake Baskets) was made between 1896 and 1904 by the Homan Silver Plate Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The basket stands upon four feet and the handle folds down.
Simple in design, yet with an ornate border design.
Once used by the flower girl, this heavy basket can be used for multiple purposes in your home; to hold napkins, guest soaps, facecloths, candy, fruit, flowers, etc.
Quadruple plate (four layers of silver over the base metal).
In excellent, usable condition.  There is some wear in the plating on the ribs.
Brides Baskets:
"Silver has long been used to mark special events, and silver baskets, now called bride’s baskets, became extremely popular in the 1880s as a luxury gift for a bride on her wedding day. An elegant expression of beauty, love, and graciousness, silver baskets made of coin silver and sterling silver were used in weddings in the early 19th century by flower girls to scatter flower petals down the church aisle—or in the case of extremely well-off bridal couples, costly orange blossoms.
By the mid 1800s, wealthy brides used silver baskets during their wedding ceremony, and it was also customary to place the basket on the main table during the reception luncheon or dinner to showcase the bridal bouquet. Once the bride and groom, now a Mr. and Mrs., returned from their honeymoon, the happy couple used their basket to present cake, sweets, or fruit while entertaining and prominently displayed it as a centerpiece on their sideboard for elaborate dinners for friends and family."
- Phyllis Hoffman DePiano, https://www.theribboninmyjournal.com/the-history-of-brides-baskets-with-lidy-baars-antiques-dealer-and-curator/
Measures 25 cm wide x 24 cm tall (including handle) x 22 cm deep.  (9¾" wide x 9½" tall x 9" deep)