Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 14th July 2021
Lot 850
A George III silver epergne
Estimate £5,000 - £7,000 | Hammer £5400
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Description
A George III silver epergne,
by Thomas Pitts, London 1766.
central oval basket with pierced scroll and trellis decoration, on a raised oval pierced support, on a pierced oval base with a hanging apron of pierced foliate decoration, on four scroll legs terminating in pierced scroll pad feet, with four double scroll arms each supporting a circular pierced swing-handled basket, and with a further four double scroll branches, each supporting a candlestick capital, with a circular drip pan, engraved with an armorial and crested, length 58cm, height 47cm, approx. weight 157oz.
Provenance:
A Private Collection.
Bonhams, Knightsbridge, Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu, 2 July 1996, lot 180.