Lot Essay
These perfume-burners relate to a design in Matthew Boulton's Pattern Book I, p. 171, illustrated in N. Goodison, Ormolu: The Work of Matthew Boulton, London, 1974, pl. 161, fig. r. A pair of this model is in the collection of the Earl of Bradford at Weston Park, Shropshire (ibid., pl. 134)
A further pair of identical design from the collection of Viscount Clifden, K.C.V.O, was sold in these Rooms, 2 December 1966, lot 73, and another 6 July 1995, lot 27.
A further pair of identical design from the collection of Viscount Clifden, K.C.V.O, was sold in these Rooms, 2 December 1966, lot 73, and another 6 July 1995, lot 27.