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MAKER'S MARK PROBABLY THAT OF ROBERT BREADING, DUBLIN, 1787
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A George III Irish silver epergne
maker's mark probably that of Robert Breading, Dublin, 1787
The openwork frame on four leaf-capped scroll amd claw-and-ball feet, the apron hung with husk swags and with four oval cartouches chased with a female portrait bust, suspended from a ribbon-tied rosette, the fluted stem chased with patterae hung with husk swags and with central detachable boat-shaped basket, similarly pierced, and with beaded shell and acanthus foliage rim, with four leaf-capped scroll branches each terminating in an openwork dish holder and detachable pierced shaped circular dish, with beaded shell and scroll borders, the four further branches each hung with a similar detachable deep basket with openwork scroll handle, the frame with pierced canopy on four leaf-capped columns, the canopy chased with paterae and husk swags and hung with eight bells and with detachable pineapple finial, the central dish engraved with a coat-of-arms, the dishes with a crest, marked on frame, baskets and branches, the columns, canopy, bells and finial unmarked
24in. (61cm.) high
205gr. (6,400gr.)
maker's mark probably that of Robert Breading, Dublin, 1787
The openwork frame on four leaf-capped scroll amd claw-and-ball feet, the apron hung with husk swags and with four oval cartouches chased with a female portrait bust, suspended from a ribbon-tied rosette, the fluted stem chased with patterae hung with husk swags and with central detachable boat-shaped basket, similarly pierced, and with beaded shell and acanthus foliage rim, with four leaf-capped scroll branches each terminating in an openwork dish holder and detachable pierced shaped circular dish, with beaded shell and scroll borders, the four further branches each hung with a similar detachable deep basket with openwork scroll handle, the frame with pierced canopy on four leaf-capped columns, the canopy chased with paterae and husk swags and hung with eight bells and with detachable pineapple finial, the central dish engraved with a coat-of-arms, the dishes with a crest, marked on frame, baskets and branches, the columns, canopy, bells and finial unmarked
24in. (61cm.) high
205gr. (6,400gr.)