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William IV Old Sheffield Plate Epergne
William IV Old Sheffield Plate Epergne
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Description
William IV Old Sheffield Plate Epergne, second quarter 19th century, by William Hutton & Sons, Sheffield with a central annular knopped standard with floral banding, above a cavetto-canted square plinth decorated with gadrooned edges and rocaille crests and surmounted by a flammiform finial, the finial surrounded by four rocaille double-scroll arms supporting a gadroon- and foliate-banded receptacle and fitted with a pair of detachable reeded scroll branches, each terminating at each end in strapwork and foliate banded receptacles, the receptacles fitted with one large and four small cut glass liners, overall, h. 16-1/2", w. 27-1/4", d. 18". Provenance: Purchased by the consignor at auction in 1943 from the oldest Great House in Barbados.
Condition
Overall Condition: Good. One of the outer receptacles is loose (but secure) in its socket and about 10 degrees out of horizontal (visible in the illustration at left front). Some spots of bleeding to the copper core at the highest relief, most notably on the base around the bottom of the standard and the crest and "knuckles" of the feet, but also at the outer edges of the supports and other narrow edges. The iron underplate is rusted, and the corrosion has carried over to a 1-1/2" spot along one basal edge. Marked (on the standard, under the detachable finial) "W.H". All the glass bowls have chips and frits along the shaped edges, and one of the small bowls has severe damage: it has been broken completely in half and epoxied back together, with a 1-3/4" vertical crack beside this, one "frond" completely missing with two 3/4" long chips flanking.
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William IV Old Sheffield Plate Epergne

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Starting Price $800
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