DescriptionAmerican baskets for bread, cake, or fruit are extremely rare. The monogram on the interior is for Susannah and Samuel Cornell. Myers made several objects for these wealthy patrons from New York and New Bern, North Carolina. According to the inscription on the underside of the basket, the Cornells later gave it to their daughter Hannah, who married Herman LeRoy on October 19, 1786.

Signatures, Inscriptions, and MarkingsMarks: marked on underside of body near foot rim in script: Myers (in shaped surround)
Inscriptions: engraved at center of basket in interlaced script: SSC engraved on underside in script: Wedding present given / Mrs. Herman Le Roy (Hannah Cornell) / 19[superscript "th" over ".."] October 1786

ProvenanceSusannah and Samuel Cornell, New York; their daughter, Hannah Cornell Le Roy, from 1786; descended in the Le Roy family; Stuyvesant Le Roy; Miss Augusta McCagg, Newport, Rhode Island, until 1954