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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN COLLECTION
A GEORGE III SILVER EPERGNE
MARK OF THOMAS PITTS, LONDON, 1782
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A GEORGE III SILVER EPERGNE
MARK OF THOMAS PITTS, LONDON, 1782
The oval openwork frame with four caryatid supports and paw feet, the navette-shaped center basket with pierced border and upswept handles, on beaded support draping husks, the frame with four leaf-capped scroll arms, each supporting a circular dish with fluting at the base and an openwork vitruvian scroll border, and hooks supporting four hanging openwork navette-form baskets, the large basket and frame fully marked, each small basket, arm and dish with maker's mark or standard mark or both
17 5/8 in. (44.8 cm.) high, 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; 98 oz. (3066 gr.)
MARK OF THOMAS PITTS, LONDON, 1782
The oval openwork frame with four caryatid supports and paw feet, the navette-shaped center basket with pierced border and upswept handles, on beaded support draping husks, the frame with four leaf-capped scroll arms, each supporting a circular dish with fluting at the base and an openwork vitruvian scroll border, and hooks supporting four hanging openwork navette-form baskets, the large basket and frame fully marked, each small basket, arm and dish with maker's mark or standard mark or both
17 5/8 in. (44.8 cm.) high, 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; 98 oz. (3066 gr.)