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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III BRONZE AND WHITE MARBLE CANDLESTICKS
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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III BRONZE AND WHITE MARBLE CANDLESTICKS

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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III BRONZE AND WHITE MARBLE CANDLESTICKS
Each in the form of a griffin, issuing a turned nozzle with acanthus-wrapped scroll, on a stepped pedestal and plinth base, two with associated nozzles
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high (4)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

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Sir William Chambers illustrated a related design for a griffin candlestick in 1791, in the third edition of his Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture. The design is an additional plate illustrating 'ornamental utensils, designed for the Earl of Charlemont, for Lord Melbourne, and for some decorations for my own house'. Matthew Boulton made several 'griffin' vases and it is possible that Chambers provided him with the design or model (N. Goodison, Ormolu: The Work of Matthew Boulton, London, 1974, pp. 157-158, pl. 89-93).
A similar pair of candlesticks was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 15 November 1990, lot 1.

See also lot 352 in the Humphrey Whitbread Collection, to be sold in these Rooms, 5 April 2001.