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A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU, PARCEL-GILT AND CUT-GLASS CANDLESTICKS

LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU, PARCEL-GILT AND CUT-GLASS CANDLESTICKS
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Each with a bulbous nozzle, the crenelated drip-pans hung with faceted droplets, above a star-shaped dish hung with further droplets, above a blue-glass spreading base, on ball feet, restorations and replacements to glass
10½ in. (26.5 cm.) high (2)
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Lot Essay

The candelabra issue from Roman 'altar' pedestals, for which a patent was taken out in 1781 by William Parker (d.1784), whose son later entered into partnership with the Perry family (see M. Mortimer, The English Glass Chandelier, Woodbridge, 2000, p. 98, pl. 44).

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