A Large George III Style Silver Seven-basket Epergne, probably Italian, 20th century

very similar to the preceeding, the floral-pierced circular frame on four paw supports headed by leaves and linked by foliate swags and centered by a large baluster finial, the six small baskets of boat form pierced and chased with foliage and bosses and supported on leaf-capped scroll branches, the large central basket decorated to match

central basket with dent to base rim where fist into frame, overall good condition
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