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Lot 49
Sale 5342 - The Art of Gathering
Dec 9, 2022
6:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$10,000 -
15,000
Price Realized
$23,940
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A Victorian sterling silver fourteen-basket epergne Francis Boone Thomas, London, 1884
The frame hung with floral swags raised on four scrolling feet, surrounded by twelve branches, four with hanging footed circular baskets, eight branches terminating with circular dishes, four with circular baskets and four with navette-form baskets, centering two tiers of central navette-form baskets and an interior pineapple-form finial; together with nine matching sterling silver footed, pierced baskets; all baskets monogrammed, "ALS."
H: 17 in. W: 22 1/2 in. D: 22 in. (approx. overall), Total weight: 342.9 oz. t.