Ellis Finch
Head of Knightsbridge Silver Department
Lot 37*
A George IV silver epergne / centrepiece Matthew Boulton, Birmingham 1824
17 November 2021, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £9,562.50 inc. premium
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A George IV silver epergne / centrepiece
Matthew Boulton, Birmingham 1824
With four detachable acanthus scroll arms embellished with grapes, each open-work receiver supporting a glass bowl, flanking the central bowl and supported by six acanthus leaf scrolls issuing from a fluted column, the top of the base with gadrooned and leaf capped corners, each of the tapering sides with applied open-work scroll ornament panels between vertical husk bands, spreading stiff leaf and concave moulded bands below, on four large paw feet with scroll spandrels and flower head motif, with later glass bowls, height 45.5cm, weight 145oz.
With four detachable acanthus scroll arms embellished with grapes, each open-work receiver supporting a glass bowl, flanking the central bowl and supported by six acanthus leaf scrolls issuing from a fluted column, the top of the base with gadrooned and leaf capped corners, each of the tapering sides with applied open-work scroll ornament panels between vertical husk bands, spreading stiff leaf and concave moulded bands below, on four large paw feet with scroll spandrels and flower head motif, with later glass bowls, height 45.5cm, weight 145oz.
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Purchased Garrard March 1996
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