A George III Silver and Cut-Glass Surtout de Table, William Pitts & Joseph Preedy, London, 1794/98

comprising a Neoclassical epergne with a domed canopy with pineapple finial and fitted with six circular cut-glass bowls, four matching compotes with oval cut-glass bowls, and a mirror plateau engraved with two crests on each side, the epergne (1794) marked on base, canopy, and finial, each compote (1794) marked on openwork rim, and the plateau (1798) marked on rim and each foot

424.5 oz weighable

13202 g

height of epergne 24 in.; length of plateau 36.5 in.

61 cm; 92.7 cm