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A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU AND MARBLE CASSOLETTES
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU AND MARBLE CASSOLETTES

ATTRIBUTED TO MATTHEW BOULTON, CIRCA 1775

Details
A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU AND MARBLE CASSOLETTES
ATTRIBUTED TO MATTHEW BOULTON, CIRCA 1775
Each campana-shaped ormolu finial reversing to a candle socket above a tapering ovoid body with leaf tip border
9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm) high
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Lot Essay

The stone used in the bodies of these cassolettes is very unusual for Boulton’s oeuvre. The design for this model is illustrated in Boulton and Fothergill’s Pattern Book I, p.170 (N. Goodison, Ormolu: The Work of Matthew Boulton, London, 1974, fig.161).

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