A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT AND CUT-GLASS EPERGNE
A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT AND CUT-GLASS EPERGNE

MAKER'S MARK OF THOMAS HOLLAND, LONDON, 1804

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A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT AND CUT-GLASS EPERGNE
Maker's mark of Thomas Holland, London, 1804
Of oval form, on four reeded hoof feet headed by caryatids flanked by acanthus leaves, and centering a domed base applied with half acanthus leaves and surmounted by a bud finial over a foliage and vine calyx, issuing four scroll branches of intertwined snakes terminating in monster heads supporting openwork leaf supports and pierced gallery, each with scalloped shaped oval cut-glass dishes, the center cut-glass dish enclosed in pierced gallery of alternating vine and half acanthus leaves, marked on frame and branches
11.7/8in. (27.5cm.) high; 66oz. (2063gr.)