A George II Centrepiece Epergne

Description / Expertise

The openwork frame on four shell and scroll feet, hung between with shell, scroll, flower and dragon festoons, chased above with scrolls and foliage on a matted ground, the central stem pierced with scrolls, anthemion, rosettes and quatrefoils and with similar detachable section above, applied with cast floral festoons, with detachable central boat-shaped basket, similarly pierced and with openwork chinaman mask bracket handles, the feet with detachable leaf-capped scroll branches, each terminating in an openwork dish holder and detachable spirally fluted shaped circular dish with flower and scroll border, the frame with four further detachable branches, with pine cone finial, with similar dish holder, and shaped oval dishes, with four alternate candle-sockets and drip-pans, the basket with scratchweight ‘216=11’