MAKER'S MARK OF THOMAS PITTS, LONDON, 1765; THREE HANGING BASKETS 1767, ONE HANGING BASKET 1759
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A MONUMENTAL GEORGE III SILVER EIGHT-BRANCH EPERGNE
Maker's mark of Thomas Pitts, London, 1765; three hanging baskets 1767, one hanging basket 1759
Oval, on four openwork acanthus and scroll supports, rising to a domed apron and stem elaborately pierced with foliage, flowers and rocaille, with eight leaf-capped scroll branches, four supporting shaped circular dishes pierced with clovers, stars and trelliswork and with scroll and foliate rim, four hung with baskets with similar decoration and swing handle, with removable boat-shaped bowl chased with scrolls and pierced with trelliswork, stars and clovers, with molded rim, marked on neck, on bases of four branches, on bases of dishes, under the bases of baskets and on base of central basket, with scratchweight under central basket 264"7
13in. (34.3cm.) high, 31in. (80.6cm.) wide; 262oz. 10dwt. (8171gr.)
Maker's mark of Thomas Pitts, London, 1765; three hanging baskets 1767, one hanging basket 1759
Oval, on four openwork acanthus and scroll supports, rising to a domed apron and stem elaborately pierced with foliage, flowers and rocaille, with eight leaf-capped scroll branches, four supporting shaped circular dishes pierced with clovers, stars and trelliswork and with scroll and foliate rim, four hung with baskets with similar decoration and swing handle, with removable boat-shaped bowl chased with scrolls and pierced with trelliswork, stars and clovers, with molded rim, marked on neck, on bases of four branches, on bases of dishes, under the bases of baskets and on base of central basket, with scratchweight under central basket 264"7
13in. (34.3cm.) high, 31in. (80.6cm.) wide; 262oz. 10dwt. (8171gr.)