Francis Boone
Thomas
A Victorian Fourteen Basket Epergne
By Francis Boone Thomas
London 1884
Height: 17 in. Width: 22 1/2 in. Depth: 22 in
Total weight: 342.9 oz. t.
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 eight matching sterling silver footed, pierced baskets.