Lot Essay
Please see the footnote to lot 106 for a discussion of this model. A closely related pair of candle vases was sold by Apter-Fredericks, Christie's, London, 19 January 2021, lot 11 (£13,750).
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE CANDLE VASES
Details
MATTHEW BOULTON & JOHN FOTHERGILL, CIRCA 1772
A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE CANDLE VASES
Each surmounted by a removable lid with gadrooned finial above an acanthus-cast spreading domed base, the top reversing to form a baluster-shaped fluted and stiff-leaf nozzle, the ovoid body with a foliate-wrapped rim flanked by looped handles cast with acanthus, above a stiff-leaf cradle and spreading socle with laurel collar and stepped square base, on a cylindrical plinth with stiff-leaf cast cornice and foot
8 3⁄4 in. (22.2 cm.) high
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE CANDLE VASES
Each surmounted by a removable lid with gadrooned finial above an acanthus-cast spreading domed base, the top reversing to form a baluster-shaped fluted and stiff-leaf nozzle, the ovoid body with a foliate-wrapped rim flanked by looped handles cast with acanthus, above a stiff-leaf cradle and spreading socle with laurel collar and stepped square base, on a cylindrical plinth with stiff-leaf cast cornice and foot
8 3⁄4 in. (22.2 cm.) high
(2)
Provenance
Acquired from Mallett, London, (Grosvenor House Fair), June 1985.
Literature
N. Goodison, Matthew Boulton: Ormolu, 2002, pp. 302-6, pl. 276.
Brought to you by
Amelia Walker
Director, Specialist Head of Private & Iconic Collections
Please see the footnote to lot 106 for a discussion of this model. A closely related pair of candle vases was sold by Apter-Fredericks, Christie's, London, 19 January 2021, lot 11 (£13,750).