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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JAMES ANNENBERG LA VEA, SOLD TO BENEFIT A CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
A GEORGE III SILVER EPERGNE
MARK OF THOMAS PITTS I, LONDON, 1784
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A GEORGE III SILVER EPERGNE
MARK OF THOMAS PITTS I, LONDON, 1784
The oval frame with four caryatid supports on paw feet, the lozenge-shaped lower section with vase finial and four hanging part-fluted navette-form baskets with pierced foliate scroll border, the upper frame with four detachable leaf-capped scroll branches each terminating in detachable part-fluted circular dish with pierced foliate scroll border, the center applied with husk swags and surmounted with similar detachable two-handled basket, the central basket with coat-of-arms and crest, marked on large basket and frame and on each small basket, branch and dish, two baskets mark of Andrew Crespel and Thomas Parker, London, 1868
19 in. (48.5 cm.) high, 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; 127 oz. (3,951 gr.)
MARK OF THOMAS PITTS I, LONDON, 1784
The oval frame with four caryatid supports on paw feet, the lozenge-shaped lower section with vase finial and four hanging part-fluted navette-form baskets with pierced foliate scroll border, the upper frame with four detachable leaf-capped scroll branches each terminating in detachable part-fluted circular dish with pierced foliate scroll border, the center applied with husk swags and surmounted with similar detachable two-handled basket, the central basket with coat-of-arms and crest, marked on large basket and frame and on each small basket, branch and dish, two baskets mark of Andrew Crespel and Thomas Parker, London, 1868
19 in. (48.5 cm.) high, 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; 127 oz. (3,951 gr.)