A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU AND EBONY CANDLESTICKS

ATTRIBUTED TO MATTHEW BOULTON

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU AND EBONY CANDLESTICKS
ATTRIBUTED TO MATTHEW BOULTON
Each with laurel-swagged and foliate-cast urn-shaped drip-pan above a beaded waisted spreading circular socle, the domed foliate-cast base above a ring-turned columnar pedestal with foliate-swagged drapery, above a stepped spreading circular base with engraved ormolu foot
5½in. (14cm.) diam.; 7½in. (19cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

The design of these candlesticks relates to one in the pattern books of Matthew Boulton and John Fothergill of Birmingham, and is illustrated in N. Goodison, Ormolu: The Work of Matthew Boulton, London, 1974, pl.161n.

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