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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN ARISTOCRATIC FAMILY
A GEORGE III SILVER EPERGNE CENTREPIECE
MARK OF WILLIAM PITTS, LONDON, 1786
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A GEORGE III SILVER EPERGNE CENTREPIECE
MARK OF WILLIAM PITTS, LONDON, 1786
On square base with beaded feet and openwork anthemion and foliage border, with a central oval basket and two branches for circular baskets, the border with two further circular baskets and with further detachable oval basket at each corner, engraved with a coat-of-arms and crest on the stem and each basket, marked underneath, on border, stem and on each basket
the base 23 1/4 in. (59 cm.) wide
211 oz. 18 dwt. (6,592 gr.)
The arms are those of Fludyer impaling Weston for Sir Samuel Brudenell Fludyer, 2nd Bt. (1759-1833) and his wife Maria, daughter of Robert Weston, whom he married in 1786. The baronetcy was created for his father, Lord Mayor London.
MARK OF WILLIAM PITTS, LONDON, 1786
On square base with beaded feet and openwork anthemion and foliage border, with a central oval basket and two branches for circular baskets, the border with two further circular baskets and with further detachable oval basket at each corner, engraved with a coat-of-arms and crest on the stem and each basket, marked underneath, on border, stem and on each basket
the base 23 1/4 in. (59 cm.) wide
211 oz. 18 dwt. (6,592 gr.)
The arms are those of Fludyer impaling Weston for Sir Samuel Brudenell Fludyer, 2nd Bt. (1759-1833) and his wife Maria, daughter of Robert Weston, whom he married in 1786. The baronetcy was created for his father, Lord Mayor London.
Provenance
Sir Samuel Brudenell Fludyer, 2nd Baronet ( 1759-1833).
Anonymous sale [W.H. Willson Ltd.]; Christie's, London, 20 July 1955, lot 69 (£320 to Kaye).
Anonymous sale [W.H. Willson Ltd.]; Christie's, London, 20 July 1955, lot 69 (£320 to Kaye).
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Harriet Bingham