- An
epergne (/ɪˈpɜːrn, eɪ-/ ih-PURN, ay-) is a type of
table centerpiece that is
usually made of
silver but may be made of any
metal or gl**** or porcelain...
- items.
Traditional types for the very
formal dining table include the
epergne, with
branching arms
ending in bowls, and the
surtout de table, in English...
-
Chinese community of the
settlement gifted Farquhar with an
ornate silver epergne bearing crests, a
Latin inscription, and the
hallmark "1825".
Shortly after...
-
writings he
extolled the
virtues of a ''magazine of taste'', a "pyramidical
epergne"
which could also be made into a
portable traveling case, and
which contained...
- the two
bowls has also been polished. (These
pieces are part of an 18th-century
silver epergne in the
collection of the
Indianapolis Museum of Art)....
-
Comedy censored by the
Spanish Inquisition, and
Bishop Strachan's
silver epergne.
Among the
University of
Toronto Colleges,
Trinity is
notable for being...
- man-about-town, in fact a bon vivant[citation needed]
double entendre epergne legerdemain (supposedly from, léger de main, literally, "light of hand")...
-
Victoria Bridge Silver Epergne gifted to
builder William York, Esq.
Hallmarked London, 1854...
- at its most elaborate. The
monumental silver and parcel-gilt "Neptune"
epergne made for
Furber as part of this
service was displa**** at the Philadelphia...
- its rise has been astonishing." In 1792 he was
presented with a
silver epergne for
speaking in
favour of the
slave trade to a
parliamentary committee...
