An important George II silver-gilt epergne and plateau Maker's mark of Edward Wakelin London, 1755, supplied by George Wickes and Samuel Netherton The Plateau: Shaped oval and on four scroll feet, two pierced and cast with the figure of a Bacchic goat and two pierced and applied with a plum, a strawberry and cherries, the domed centre chased and applied with fruiting vines and raspberries, further embellished with piercing and chased with panels of matting and quilting, marked on rim, the reverse engraved with scratchweight 233=11 The Epergne: On four leaf-capped and quilted scroll feet applied with fruiting vines, the openwork frame with four detachable leaf-capped scroll branches each terminating in a dish formed as a vine-leaf, the openwork frame applied with fruiting vines, flowers, plums and strawberries, with central detachable boat-shaped basket with scroll terminals and shell, scroll and flower border, the sides pierced and chased with flowers and fruiting vines, the centre engraved with a crest with Earl's coronet above, marked on frame, basket and branches, the basket engraved with a scratchweight 246=16, the branches numbered 1-4 the plateau 25¼in. (64.5cm.) long the epergne 20¾in. (53cm.) wide the plateau 233ozs. (7,273grs.) the epergne 246ozs. (7,678grs.) (7)
An important George II silver-gilt epergne and plateau Maker's mark of Edward Wakelin London, 1755, supplied by George Wickes and Samuel Netherton The Plateau: Shaped oval and on four scroll feet, two pierced and cast with the figure of a Bacchic goat and two pierced and applied with a plum, a strawberry and cherries, the domed centre chased and applied with fruiting vines and raspberries, further embellished with piercing and chased with panels of matting and quilting, marked on rim, the reverse engraved with scratchweight 233=11 The Epergne: On four leaf-capped and quilted scroll feet applied with fruiting vines, the openwork frame with four detachable leaf-capped scroll branches each terminating in a dish formed as a vine-leaf, the openwork frame applied with fruiting vines, flowers, plums and strawberries, with central detachable boat-shaped basket with scroll terminals and shell, scroll and flower border, the sides pierced and chased with flowers and fruiting vines, the centre engraved with a crest with Earl's coronet above, marked on frame, basket and branches, the basket engraved with a scratchweight 246=16, the branches numbered 1-4 the plateau 25¼in. (64.5cm.) long the epergne 20¾in. (53cm.) wide the plateau 233ozs. (7,273grs.) the epergne 246ozs. (7,678grs.) (7)
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