A George III Silver Nine-Basket Epergne, Francis Butty & Nicholas Dumee, London, 1765

on four openwork foliate and beaded cartouche feet, scroll supports linked by rococo foliate aprons, neck spiral-gadrooned between panels of oval trellis and stars and clovers, matching oval bowl engraved with arms in rococo cartouche, beaded and leafy arms supporting four circular dishes at the corners and four hanging circular baskets between, all crested, marked throughout, the arms dot-numbered

151 oz. 10 dwt., 4715 g

Height: 14 in., 35.5 cm

Length: 25 in., 63.5 cm