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MARK OF THOMAS GILPIN, LONDON, 1758
Details
A George II part epergne
Mark of Thomas Gilpin, London, 1758
The shaped oval frame on four openwork foliate scroll feet, pierced and chased with quatrefoils, scrolls, fruits and flowers, the cast apron with winged dragons, fruit, flowers and scrolls, with four detachable leaf-capped scroll branches each terminating in a beaded circular dish-holder, three fitted with silver-mounted glass dish, one lacking, the central basket also lacking, marked on frame, branches and dish-mountes
The frame 12in. (30.5cm.) wide
107oz. (3,350gr.)
Mark of Thomas Gilpin, London, 1758
The shaped oval frame on four openwork foliate scroll feet, pierced and chased with quatrefoils, scrolls, fruits and flowers, the cast apron with winged dragons, fruit, flowers and scrolls, with four detachable leaf-capped scroll branches each terminating in a beaded circular dish-holder, three fitted with silver-mounted glass dish, one lacking, the central basket also lacking, marked on frame, branches and dish-mountes
The frame 12in. (30.5cm.) wide
107oz. (3,350gr.)
Provenance
Sir Charles Cottrell-Dormer Kt. (d.1779), of Rousham House and then by descent
Special notice
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