The Burghley Centerpiece: An Important George II silver-gilt epergne and plateau, Edward Wakelin retailed by George Wickes and Samuel Netherton, London, 1755 The Epergne: the frame rising from four vigorously scrolled and foliate feet, linked by asymmetrical aprons of scrolls, grapevine, and fruits, rising to distorted and ruffled cartouches supporting the oval central basket with fruit and floral cast pendants below openwork sides, scrolling rim, surrounded by four spiraled arms rising to leaf-form stands, the central bowl engraved with the Cecil crest, supporters and coronet, marked on basket and frame (at top on two sides), the branches with maker and lion passant and numbered 1 to 4; basket with scratch weight 246=16; The Plateau: the rounded rectangular plateau supported on four knuckled scroll legs, two headed by high-relief forequarters of goats climbing over scalework panels, the other two with cut-out heads overlaid with high-relief sprays of fruit, all linked by the deeply molded cast border rising to vigorous scrolls at each end, the surface embossed and chased with a fruiting grapevine, rising in the center and curling away at points to reveal matted segments, marked on rim, the underside engraved with scratch weight 233=11. length of epergne 19 1/2 in.; plateau 25 in. 49.5 cm; 63.5 cm epergne 246 oz; plateau 233 oz 7651g , 7246 g
The Burghley Centerpiece: An Important George II silver-gilt epergne and plateau, Edward Wakelin retailed by George Wickes and Samuel Netherton, London, 1755 The Epergne: the frame rising from four vigorously scrolled and foliate feet, linked by asymmetrical aprons of scrolls, grapevine, and fruits, rising to distorted and ruffled cartouches supporting the oval central basket with fruit and floral cast pendants below openwork sides, scrolling rim, surrounded by four spiraled arms rising to leaf-form stands, the central bowl engraved with the Cecil crest, supporters and coronet, marked on basket and frame (at top on two sides), the branches with maker and lion passant and numbered 1 to 4; basket with scratch weight 246=16; The Plateau: the rounded rectangular plateau supported on four knuckled scroll legs, two headed by high-relief forequarters of goats climbing over scalework panels, the other two with cut-out heads overlaid with high-relief sprays of fruit, all linked by the deeply molded cast border rising to vigorous scrolls at each end, the surface embossed and chased with a fruiting grapevine, rising in the center and curling away at points to reveal matted segments, marked on rim, the underside engraved with scratch weight 233=11. length of epergne 19 1/2 in.; plateau 25 in. 49.5 cm; 63.5 cm epergne 246 oz; plateau 233 oz 7651g , 7246 g
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