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A GEORGE III SILVER EIGHT-BRANCH EPERGNE
MAKER'S MARK OF THOMAS PITTS, LONDON, 1762
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A GEORGE III SILVER EIGHT-BRANCH EPERGNE
Maker's mark of Thomas Pitts, London, 1762
Oval on four openwork acanthus and scroll supports, rising to a domed apron and stem elaborately pierced with foliage, flowers, berries and rocaille, with eight beaded and leaf capped branches, four supporting shaped circular dishes embossed with spiral flutes and beading, four hung with baskets pierced with clovers, stars and foliage, with removable boat-shaped bowl pierced with clovers, stars and foliage, the central basket engraved with a coat-of-arms, the dishes engraved with a crest, within an rococo cartouche, marked under central and hanging baskets, on arms and on bezels of stand and dishes
12½in. (31.6cm.) high, 27½in. (69.8cm.) long; 159oz. (4949gr.)
Maker's mark of Thomas Pitts, London, 1762
Oval on four openwork acanthus and scroll supports, rising to a domed apron and stem elaborately pierced with foliage, flowers, berries and rocaille, with eight beaded and leaf capped branches, four supporting shaped circular dishes embossed with spiral flutes and beading, four hung with baskets pierced with clovers, stars and foliage, with removable boat-shaped bowl pierced with clovers, stars and foliage, the central basket engraved with a coat-of-arms, the dishes engraved with a crest, within an rococo cartouche, marked under central and hanging baskets, on arms and on bezels of stand and dishes
12½in. (31.6cm.) high, 27½in. (69.8cm.) long; 159oz. (4949gr.)