THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A GEORGE III SILVER TWO BRANCH EPERGNE
Details
A GEORGE III SILVER TWO BRANCH EPERGNE
maker's mark of William Holmes, London, 1790
Of oval form and on on spreading partly-fluted base, pierced with a band of wave ornament and on four stylised oak leaf and acorn feet, the open work frame on four leaf-capped reeded legs with rams' mask terminals and two detachable reeded scroll branches, the branches and frame each terminating in pierced oval basket with rams' masks and drop ring handles, the base engraved with a coat-of-arms within foliate cartouche, fully marked, the baskets each with cut-glass liner - 16¼in. (41cm.) high
147ozs. (4,583grs.)
The arms are those of Porter, co. Lincoln and co. Kent, impaling Carr or Carre
maker's mark of William Holmes, London, 1790
Of oval form and on on spreading partly-fluted base, pierced with a band of wave ornament and on four stylised oak leaf and acorn feet, the open work frame on four leaf-capped reeded legs with rams' mask terminals and two detachable reeded scroll branches, the branches and frame each terminating in pierced oval basket with rams' masks and drop ring handles, the base engraved with a coat-of-arms within foliate cartouche, fully marked, the baskets each with cut-glass liner - 16¼in. (41cm.) high
147ozs. (4,583grs.)
The arms are those of Porter, co. Lincoln and co. Kent, impaling Carr or Carre
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's, 23rd November 1982, Lot 65