Cake Basket

Hester BatemanWW-1784-523423

1784·Silver·25.7 × 34.3 × 27.3 cm (10 1/8 × 13 1/2 × 10 3/4 in.)

Given in Memory of Alice Kimpton Berg

Catalogue

Year: 1784
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 25.7 × 34.3 × 27.3 cm (10 1/8 × 13 1/2 × 10 3/4 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Hester Bateman

Artist

Hester Bateman

Hester Bateman was an English silversmith, renowned for her high quality flatware and ornamental silverware. A craftswoman working within the family business, she was succeeded in turn by her sons, daughter-in-law, grandson and great-grandson. The Bateman family silversmithing company lasted until the middle of the nineteenth century.

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