A GEORGE III SILVER EPERGNE

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A GEORGE III SILVER EPERGNE
MAKER'S MARK OF THOMAS PITTS, LONDON, 1768

On four openwork foliate scroll feet with openwork leaf and floral apron below a lobed molded rim, the neck chased with twisting leaves and beads between twisting pierced columns, supporting four leaf-clad scroll branches with pierced baskets chased with beading, the rims chased with foliate scrolls, the boat-shaped central basket with similar piercing and beading, the undulating rim with foliate scrolls including openwork handles, fully marked--14 1/2in. (36.8cm.) high
(123oz. 10dwt., 3851gr.) (10)