A GEORGE IV SILVER AND CUT-GLASS EPERGNE
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A GEORGE IV SILVER AND CUT-GLASS EPERGNE

MARK OF MATTHEW BOULTON, BIRMINGHAM, 1824

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A GEORGE IV SILVER AND CUT-GLASS EPERGNE
MARK OF MATTHEW BOULTON, BIRMINGHAM, 1824
Set on four lion's-paw feet with scrolls and flowers, supporting a tapering square base with canted corners, chased with acanthus borders and applied foliage, the stem fluted with everted acanthus decoration, supporting four acanthus-clad scroll branches, each holding a cut-glass dish, the upper stem with openwork acanthus leaves, and pierced border of palmettes and husk, supporting a cut-glass dish, the base engraved 21st Sepr. 1825, marked on upper ring, under base and each branch
19¼ in. (49 cm.) high; 149 oz. (2,630 gr.)
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