Art Nouveau Four-Arm Silver Plate Epergne Candelabra with Engraved Glass Bowl

French Art Nouveau silverplated centerpiece "Epergne", Ca. 1900.

This English Sheffield plate wire-work epergne is distinguished by gracefully scrolled supports, which branch from a round footed base and suspend six baskets, with a large central basket at the top. Each of the baskets is shaped to hold a boat-shaped blue Bristol glass...

This large centerpiece or epergne was made by the well known Wilcox Silver Plate Company of the United States in approximately 1900 and done in a Victorian style. The base is composed of silver plate and features three figural children holding a rope and playing a period circle game. The middle of the centerpiece is composed of a bowl with three partitions that is decorated with engraved stylized flowers. The trumpet vase or epergne at the top is a clear glass with a diamond cut pattern. The base is clearly signed with the maker's marks for the Wilcox Silver Company...

This large and imposing silver plated four arm centerpiece is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and dating to approximately 1900, being done in the period Edward...