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A GEORGE III SILVER EPERGNE
LONDON, 1765, MAKER'S MARK OF THOMAS PITTS II; ONE BASKET 1955, MAKER'S MARK OF WAKELEY & WHEELER
On four openwork quatrefoil scroll and rocaille feet, with openwork foliate scroll apron above a gadrooned rim, the sides pierced with quatrefoils and stars enclosing openwork scrolls, trelliswork, flowerheads and rocaille, with four foliate scroll branches supporting similar shaped pierced circular swing baskets, the boat-shaped central basket with similar pierced stars, quatrefoils and hearts enclosing trelliswork and flowers, the gadrooned rim with openwork foliage at intervals, the central basket engraved with a coat-of-arms within a foliate scroll and rocaille cartouche, the baskets engraved with a crest, fully marked--14 1/8 in. (36 cm.) high
(117 oz.)
LONDON, 1765, MAKER'S MARK OF THOMAS PITTS II; ONE BASKET 1955, MAKER'S MARK OF WAKELEY & WHEELER
On four openwork quatrefoil scroll and rocaille feet, with openwork foliate scroll apron above a gadrooned rim, the sides pierced with quatrefoils and stars enclosing openwork scrolls, trelliswork, flowerheads and rocaille, with four foliate scroll branches supporting similar shaped pierced circular swing baskets, the boat-shaped central basket with similar pierced stars, quatrefoils and hearts enclosing trelliswork and flowers, the gadrooned rim with openwork foliage at intervals, the central basket engraved with a coat-of-arms within a foliate scroll and rocaille cartouche, the baskets engraved with a crest, fully marked--14 1/8 in. (36 cm.) high
(117 oz.)