Thomas Pitts I, Epergne (1764-1765)

This portrait by Cipriani was used by John Singleton Copley to paint his portrait of Thomas Hollis in 1765-66. See H25....

The pear-shaped body with two leaf-capped scroll handles, on domed spreading gadrooned foot; one side engraved with a contemporary coat-of-arms within a rococo asymmetrical foliate...

Oval basket with flaring rim pierced with band of repeating quatrefoils and rope-twist edge; sixteen pierced panels with alternating crosses with scrolls and flowers divided by rep...

Pear-shaped with scroll handle and circular foot...