Buckingham Palace Sweet Basket,

A very rare combination of a basket      and engraved "castle top" scene. The basket is in the typical      form for the period and the maker with a profusion of foliate scrolls. The      engraved scene shows the newly remodelled East Front of Buckingham Palace      with passers by in period Victorian costume including top hats and      crinoline dresses.

Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the      British monarch. Queen Victoria was the first monarch to reside in the new      palace in 1837. By the late 1840's, Victoria and Albert found that the      original building had become too small for court life and their growing      family and so a new wing was added in 1850 and the East Front, shown in      the engraved scene, became the public facade. The East Front appears      differently to today's scene as the palace was again re-modelled in 1913      during the reign of King George V. More information and photographs of the      east front can be seen on Wikipedia at this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham_Palace