THE PROPERTY OF THE LORD KENYON
A George III silver-gilt epergne
MAKER'S MARK OF THOMAS PITTS, LONDON, 1775
Details
A George III silver-gilt epergne
maker's mark of Thomas Pitts, London, 1775
The frame on four scroll and ram's hoof feet, hung between with ram's masks and berried husk swags, with oval stem and six detachable reeded scroll branches each terminating in a dish holder, four with detachable circular dish and two with detachable boat-shaped dish, each pierced with slats and chased with berried husk swags, with similar central boat-shaped basket, with beaded borders, the boat-shaped baskets each with ram's mask terminals and applied with shells and foliage, the stem engraved twice with a coat-of-arms suspended from husk swags and rosettes, the central basket engraved twice with a coat-of-arms within oval cartouche, the smaller dishes twice with a crest, the circular dishes once with a crest, fully marked, with three boat-shaped clear glass liners and one circular liner
14 1/8in. (36cm.) high
103ozs. (3,207grs.)
maker's mark of Thomas Pitts, London, 1775
The frame on four scroll and ram's hoof feet, hung between with ram's masks and berried husk swags, with oval stem and six detachable reeded scroll branches each terminating in a dish holder, four with detachable circular dish and two with detachable boat-shaped dish, each pierced with slats and chased with berried husk swags, with similar central boat-shaped basket, with beaded borders, the boat-shaped baskets each with ram's mask terminals and applied with shells and foliage, the stem engraved twice with a coat-of-arms suspended from husk swags and rosettes, the central basket engraved twice with a coat-of-arms within oval cartouche, the smaller dishes twice with a crest, the circular dishes once with a crest, fully marked, with three boat-shaped clear glass liners and one circular liner
14 1/8in. (36cm.) high
103ozs. (3,207grs.)
Provenance
Lloyd Kenyon (1732-1802) and thence by descent