THE HOPKINS-SEARLES CENTERPIECE: AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN SILVER SIX-LIGHT CANDELABRA CENTERPIECE BOWL AND MIRROR PLATEAU MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, 1884-86, THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES T. GROSJEAN

The shaped oval plateau on four clawed feet, the border with raised openwork bosses of alternating rosettes with flowers and sprays of pinecones, separated by palm leaves, the centerpiece bowl supported on six wrinkled and taloned feet below stylized lilies, linked by an openwork band of Gothic foliage highlighted by pine cones and grape clusters, the undulating everted rim further chased with Gothic foliage centering cascades of grapes, fitted at each end with removable three-branch arms with Gothic foliage, rising to torsed sconces with openwork flower, foliate and pine-cone aprons, removable nozzles, the underside of the centerpiece engraved with conforming scrolling foliage, both centerpiece and plateau marked on the undersides and numbered 7982-4728
361⁄4 in. (92.1 cm.) long
485 oz. (15,084 gr.) gross weight

Provenance
Acquired by Mary Frances Sherwood Hopkins (1818 - 1891), to her second husband,
Edward Frances Searles (1841 - 1920).
Possibly bequeathed to Edward Searles' secretary Arthur T. Walker upon his death, or possibly acquired by a Mr. Allen Rowlandson.
Property Recently Reunited by the Current Owner; Sotheby's, New York, 18 January 2008, lot 43.