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Epergne

Epergne

  • Place of origin:

    London, England (assayed)

  • Date:

    1786-1787 (hallmarked)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Young, James (maker)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Silver, cast, pierced

  • Credit Line:

    The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

  • Museum number:

    LOAN:GILBERT.750:1-2008

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

  • Image in copyright

Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.

Physical description

Silver epergne with a boat shaped pierced basket with scroll handles on each end extending to the base, on a rectilinear four footed openwork stand.

Place of Origin

London, England (assayed)

Date

1786-1787 (hallmarked)

Artist/maker

Young, James (maker)

Materials and Techniques

Silver, cast, pierced

Dimensions

Height: 34.2 cm

Descriptive line

Basket and stand (epergne). Silver, London, James Young, 1786.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Chapman, Martin. The Gilbert Collection of Gold and Silver. Recent Acquisitions 2. Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 1991, cat. no. F.

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Casting; Piercing

Collection code

MET

Qr_O157653
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