Lot Essay
An almost identical design is included in the pattern books of Boulton and Fothergill, Book I, p. 171, (see: N Goodison, Ormolu, The Work of Matthew Boulton, 1974, pl. 161, fig. e)
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE CASSOLETTES
BY MATTHEW BOULTON
Each with domed acanthus-cast reversible top surmounted by a flaming finial and enclosing a foliate-cast turned nozzle and dished drip-pan, the ovoid turned body with flowerhead-filled guilloche collar and flanked by a pair of scrolled acanthus handles, the stiff-leaf turned spreading socle with laurel-cast plinth and stepped base
7¼in. (18.5cm.) high (2)
BY MATTHEW BOULTON
Each with domed acanthus-cast reversible top surmounted by a flaming finial and enclosing a foliate-cast turned nozzle and dished drip-pan, the ovoid turned body with flowerhead-filled guilloche collar and flanked by a pair of scrolled acanthus handles, the stiff-leaf turned spreading socle with laurel-cast plinth and stepped base
7¼in. (18.5cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, in these Rooms, 19 November 1992, lot 2