A FINE GEORGE II SILVER EPERGNE

MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL CRESPIN, LONDON, 1740

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A FINE GEORGE II SILVER EPERGNE
Maker's mark of Paul Crespin, London, 1740
Circular, on four shell and acanthus feet, the pierced foliate circular base with four rococo cartouches engraved with a crest, issuing four faceted double-scroll branches supporting circular scalloped dishes engraved with a crest enclosed in tied flowering branches, the fluted center dish with scalloped rim flat-chased with rocaille, the field engraved with a coat-of-arms in a rocaille and foliate cartouche, marked on frame, under dishes and on one branch; the center dish with maker's mark PC script (Grimwade 2149) overstriking another, the base with maker's mark PC between a shell and mullet (Grimwade 2143a)
23in. (58.3cm.) wide; 102oz. (3175gr.)

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Please note that one dish is later

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Powys with those of Lybbe in pretence, as borne by Philip Powys (1704-1779) of Harley Hall, Shropshire, and his wife Isabella, daughter and heir of Richard Lybbe (b. 1673) of Hardwick House, Whitchurch, Oxon. Philip Powys was High Sheriff of Oxon in 1739. He and his heirs, taking the name Powys-Lybbe, lived at Hardwick House.