A GEORGE III SILVER EPERGNE CENTREPIECE
PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN ARISTOCRATIC FAMILY
A GEORGE III SILVER EPERGNE CENTREPIECE

MARK OF WILLIAM PITTS, LONDON, 1786

Details
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.

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).

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