Title: Epergne
Object type: Epergne
Date: 1738–39
Artist:  Paul de Lamerie 
Artist bio: British, 1688–1751, active 1712–51
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Overall: 8 × 21 3/4 × 20 in. (20.3 × 55.2 × 50.8 cm);
Overall (cover (b)): 14 1/4 × 12 1/2 in. (36.2 × 31.8 cm);
Diameter (dishes (c–f), each): 7 1/16 in. (17.9 cm);
Greates diagonal: 27 in. (68.6 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Credit line: Gift of George D. Widener and Mrs. Eleanor Widener Dixon, 1958
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY