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MAKER'S MARK OF WILLIAM CRIPPS, LONDON, 1758
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A George II silver epergne
Maker's mark of William Cripps, London, 1758
The frame on four leaf-capped shell and scroll feet, hung between with rocaille decoration, the stem pierced with scrolls, fitted with four detachable leaf-capped scroll branches each terminating in dish stand and detachable spirally-fluted shaped circular dish with shell and scroll border and with central detachable boat-shaped basket, the sides pierced with latticework and scrolls and with upturned leaf-capped scroll ends and shell and gadroon borders, the dishes and central basket each engraved with a crest, marked on basket, frame, dishes and branches
12in. high, 19¼in. wide, the central basket 10¼in. wide
119ozs. (3,708grs.) .
Maker's mark of William Cripps, London, 1758
The frame on four leaf-capped shell and scroll feet, hung between with rocaille decoration, the stem pierced with scrolls, fitted with four detachable leaf-capped scroll branches each terminating in dish stand and detachable spirally-fluted shaped circular dish with shell and scroll border and with central detachable boat-shaped basket, the sides pierced with latticework and scrolls and with upturned leaf-capped scroll ends and shell and gadroon borders, the dishes and central basket each engraved with a crest, marked on basket, frame, dishes and branches
12in. high, 19¼in. wide, the central basket 10¼in. wide
119ozs. (3,708grs.) .