BY MATTHEW BOULTON, CIRCA 1775

Details

A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLUE JOHN CASSOLETTES
BY MATTHEW BOULTON, CIRCA 1775
Each urn-form lid reversing to a candle nozzle above an ovoid body flanked by foliate handles, with Ford Inventory No. H-11 A & B
8 ¾ in. (22.5 cm.) high, 4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) wide, 2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) deep, as candlesticks

Literature

K. Tweed, ed., and R. Lynes, The Finest Rooms by America's Great Decorators, New York, 1964, p. 90 (illustrated in situ in The Morning Room, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan).

Conditions of sale

Brought to you by

Nathalie Ferneau Head of Sale, Junior Specialist

nferneau@christies.com +1 (212) 636 2236

Lot Essay

The form of the bodies of this pair of blue john candle vases directly corresponds to a sketch labeled ‘859’ in Matthew Boulton’s Pattern Book I, p.171, illustrated here and in N. Goodison, Matthew Boulton: Ormolu, London, 2002, p. 318 fig. 310.1. Related examples include an identical pair sold anonymously at Christie’s, London 14 May 2003, lot 104 (£53,750) a pair with white marble bases sold anonymously at Sotheby’s, New York, 12 October 2007, lot 117 ($52, 000) and pair with white marble bodies now in a private collection (Ibid, P. 304, fig. 276).

More from The Collection of Mrs. Henry Ford II: Palm Beach

View All