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MARK OF THOMAS PITTS, LONDON, 1767
Details
A GEORGE III SILVER EPERGNE
MARK OF THOMAS PITTS, LONDON, 1767
Shaped oval, on four scrolling openwork rocaille feet, with cast flower and foliage apron, with a central boat-shaped basket and four branches with shaped circular dishes and two branches for the circular baskets and swing handles, pierced with basket weave and with foliage scroll rims, the central basket engraved with a coat-of-arms, the dishes with a crest, all with baron's coronet above, in original fitted wood case, marked on stand, basket, dishes, branches and swing handles, the branches all numbered, the central basket with scratchweight 154=0
15 ¼ in. (38.8 cm.) high
148 oz. 9 dwt. (4,618 gr.)
The arms are those of Sandys quartering others impaling Colebrooke, for Edwin Sandys, 2nd Baron Sandys (1726-1797), and his wife Anna Maria (d. 1806), daughter of James Colebrooke (1680-1752), whom he married in 1769.
Please note that 100% of the hammer proceeds from this auction will be paid to the Sandys Trust, registered charity number: 1168357, with the exception of limited deductions towards sale costs across the auction which cannot be accurately calculated at this time, capped at a total of £10,000.
MARK OF THOMAS PITTS, LONDON, 1767
Shaped oval, on four scrolling openwork rocaille feet, with cast flower and foliage apron, with a central boat-shaped basket and four branches with shaped circular dishes and two branches for the circular baskets and swing handles, pierced with basket weave and with foliage scroll rims, the central basket engraved with a coat-of-arms, the dishes with a crest, all with baron's coronet above, in original fitted wood case, marked on stand, basket, dishes, branches and swing handles, the branches all numbered, the central basket with scratchweight 154=0
15 ¼ in. (38.8 cm.) high
148 oz. 9 dwt. (4,618 gr.)
The arms are those of Sandys quartering others impaling Colebrooke, for Edwin Sandys, 2nd Baron Sandys (1726-1797), and his wife Anna Maria (d. 1806), daughter of James Colebrooke (1680-1752), whom he married in 1769.
Please note that 100% of the hammer proceeds from this auction will be paid to the Sandys Trust, registered charity number: 1168357, with the exception of limited deductions towards sale costs across the auction which cannot be accurately calculated at this time, capped at a total of £10,000.
Provenance
Edwin Sandys, 2nd Baron Sandys (1726–1797), thence by descent.
Literature
A. Oswald, 'Ombersley Court, Worcestershire - II', Country Life, 9 January 1953, p. 96, pl. 7.
