1876 PHILADELPHIA CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION: A MONUMENTAL AMERICAN SILVER-PLATED CENTERPIECE EPERGNE MARK OF MERIDEN BRITANNIA CO., MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, CIRCA 1876 The shaped oval base bordered by chased bands of swallows and foliage, supporting Neptune holding his trident in a shell heralded by infant tritons to one side, the other side with Amphitrite in a shell preceded by a pair of walruses, surrounded by a border of shells and flanking a temple-form structure with four columns supporting a dome engraved with flowers and foliage, the finial rising to a fluted circular basket, and with four arms with lambrequin collars supporting further circular fluted baskets, all hung with cut-glass drops, one side mounted with a presentation plaque 41 in. (104.2 cm.) high, 36 ½ in. (92.8 cm.) long
1876 PHILADELPHIA CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION: A MONUMENTAL AMERICAN SILVER-PLATED CENTERPIECE EPERGNE MARK OF MERIDEN BRITANNIA CO., MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, CIRCA 1876 The shaped oval base bordered by chased bands of swallows and foliage, supporting Neptune holding his trident in a shell heralded by infant tritons to one side, the other side with Amphitrite in a shell preceded by a pair of walruses, surrounded by a border of shells and flanking a temple-form structure with four columns supporting a dome engraved with flowers and foliage, the finial rising to a fluted circular basket, and with four arms with lambrequin collars supporting further circular fluted baskets, all hung with cut-glass drops, one side mounted with a presentation plaque 41 in. (104.2 cm.) high, 36 ½ in. (92.8 cm.) long
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