A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS, CUT-GLASS AND WEDGWOOD TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA

ATTRIBUTED TO PARKER AND PERRY, CIRCA 1795-1800, SOME ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS, CUT-GLASS AND WEDGWOOD TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Attributed to Parker and Perry, circa 1795-1800, some elements associated
Each squared spreading Wedgwood base decorated with classical maidens and fruit-filled atheniennes, on a leaf-tip cast quadripartite base with guilloche frieze and lion mask and acanthus-cast feet, topped by a laurel-leaf socle issuing scrolling candlearms and central spire with urn-form finial and pendant lustres, drilled for electricity, one rear left arm with a restored break
33in. (84cm.) high, 16in. (40.5cm.) wide (2)

来源

With Gerald Kerind, London, 1954.
Mr. & Mrs. Leslie R. Samuels.

拍品专文

In 1781, William Parker (d.1784) received a patent for candelabra bases of this form and a set of four elaborate candelabra mounted on similar cut and gilt green glass bases were delivered the following year to the 5th Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth (see M. Mortimer, The English Glass Chandelier, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2000, p.97, p.43). A three-light candelabra with the same nozzle design and patent Wedgwood base attributed to Parker is illustrated op.cit, p.107, pl.54. William Parker's son entered into partnership with the Perry family, to become Parker and Perry in 1802-03 and later Perry & Co. in circa 1820, the prolific chandelier firm who received the patronage of the Royal family.

A pair of two-light candelabra with jasperware bases and the same lion-form feet was sold from the collection of Walter P. Chrysler Jr., Parke-Bernat Galleries Inc., New York, 6-7 May 1960, lot 495.