A George III Silver Seven-Basket Epergne, Thomas Pitts, London, 1775
Auction Closed
September 14, 09:44 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A George III Silver Seven-Basket Epergne, Thomas Pitts, London, 1775
in Adam taste, the four leafy scroll feet joined by laurel swags running through rings and hung with ribbon-headed oval shields cast with urns of two designs, the body chased with laurel swags on fluted ground, central boat-shaped basket pierced with pales and ovals and chased with swags, four matching circular and two oval smaller baskets supported on detachable reeded scroll arms, the central basket crested on one side, narrow beaded borders
fully marked
99 oz
3088 g
height 15 in.; 38.2 cm
greatest length 24 in.; 61 cm
A similar epergne by Pitts, also 1775, is illustrated in Sotheby’s Directory of Silver 1600-1940, no. 1052, p. 236, sold Sotheby’s London, 28 November, 1968, lot 88.
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