A George II silver-gilt epergne

MAKER'S MARK OF WILIAM CRIPPS, LONDON, 1754

細節

A George II silver-gilt epergne
maker's mark of Wiliam Cripps, London, 1754
The openwork frame on four shell and scroll feet, hung between with shell, scroll, flower and dragon festoons, chased above with scrolls and foliage on a matted ground, the central stem pierced with scrolls, anthemion, rosettes and quatrefoils and similar detachable section above, applied with cast floral festoons, with detachable central boat-shaped basket, similarly pierced and with openwork chinaman mask bracket handles, the feet with detachable leaf-capped scroll branches, each terminating in an openwork dish holder and detachable spirally fluted shaped circular dish with flower and scroll border, the frame with four further detachable branches, with pine cone finial, with similar dish holder and shaped oval dishes, with eight alternate candle-sockets and drip-pans, four with maker's mark of Robert Garrard, London, 1850, three with maker's mark of William Cripps struck three times, one unmarked, the remainder fully marked, except the detachable section, the basket with scratch weight '216=11', one socket with scratchweigh '20=13'
16in. (40.5cm.) high
264ozs. (8,221gr.)

拍品專文

The discrepancy between the total weight and the scratchweights is explained by the improvements carried out by Garrard's in 1850, when the four further candles-sockets were supplied and the stem extended with the detachable section. The Cripps candle-sockets which have a scratchweight of 20ozs. 13dwts, now weigh just under 20ozs. The epergne, without the sockets and stem section, now weighs 212ozs., some weight having been gained when it was undoubtably re-gilded by Garrard in 1850.