A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU, CLEAR AND CITRINE CUT-GLASS AND GILT-DECORATED BLUE GLASS 'TEMPLE OF LOVE' CANDLESTICKS

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU, CLEAR AND CITRINE CUT-GLASS AND GILT-DECORATED BLUE GLASS 'TEMPLE OF LOVE' CANDLESTICKS

POSSIBLY BY WILLIAM PARKER, CIRCA 1790

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU, CLEAR AND CITRINE CUT-GLASS AND GILT-DECORATED BLUE GLASS 'TEMPLE OF LOVE' CANDLESTICKS
POSSIBLY BY WILLIAM PARKER, CIRCA 1790
Each domed temple supporting a scalloped nozzle and drip pan hung with chains and beads, the faceted blue glass columns gilt-decorated with vines
14 ¼ in. (36.2 cm.) high

Provenance

With Partridge, London.
Acquired by Irene Roosevelt Aitken from the above at the International Antique Dealers Show, New York, in October 1992.

Exhibited

New York, International Antique Dealers Show, October 1992 (with Partridge).

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Lot Essay

A comparable pair of temple-form candelabra is attributed to Parker and Perry based on the identifiable pattern of the arms (see M. Mortimer, The English Glass Chandelier, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2000, p. 106, pl. 53).

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