A George III bronze and cobalt blue glass lamp base

PROBABLY BY WILLIAM PARKER, CIRCA 1780

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A George III bronze and cobalt blue glass lamp base
Probably by William Parker, circa 1780
Of waisted square section, heightened in gilt with festoons of husks with guilloche borders, applied with rams' head mounts to the crimped angles and further applied with oval paterae, below a campana-shaped surmount, chiselled with stiff-leaves and flowerheads, on a moulded plinth with beaded ball feet, the bronze later lacquer-gilt
10¾in. (27.3cm) high

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
An almost identical base to a pair of cut glass candelabra attributed to William Parker are illustrated pl.10, pp.44-45. Country House Lighting Temple Newsam Country House Studies No.4. Leeds City Art Galleries and Jessica Rutherford, the Dorset Press Ltd.

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