A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLUE-JOHN CANDLE VASES
A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLUE-JOHN CANDLE VASES
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLUE-JOHN CANDLE VASES

BY MATTHEW BOULTON, THE BLUE-JOHN AND SOME MOUNTS 18TH CENTURY, OTHERS LATER

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLUE-JOHN CANDLE VASES
BY MATTHEW BOULTON, THE BLUE-JOHN AND SOME MOUNTS 18TH CENTURY, OTHERS LATER
Each with a leaf and berry cover with nozzle to the reverse above a stiff-leaf collar, the body with foliate loop handles above a stiff-leaf cradle and spiral-fluted socle on a stepped plinth with ball feet, restorations, the handles, cradles and plinths probably 18th century
9 in. (13 cm.) high; 4¾ in. (12 cm.) wide; 3 in. (7 cm.) deep (2)

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Elizabeth Wight
Elizabeth Wight

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The candle vase is based on a sketch in Bouton and Fothergill's pattern books preserved in the Birmingham City Archives (Pattern Book 1, p.170). The ormolu mounts conform in many respects with those featured on the 'goat's head' vase, a model which was produced circa 1770-71, but with the addition of foliate clasps and 'double' handles to the sides (see lot 304). The construction of the base differs slightly from Boulton's usual practice, a feature noted in Nicholas Goodison, Matthew Boulton: Ormolu, London 2002, p.306-308, and fig 281 and 282. In the present lot the upper leaf clasp has been inverted and the finial and nozzle replaced.

A single vase conforming to Boulton's design was sold Sotheby's, London, Works of Art from the Collection of William and Patricia Redford, 13 June 2001, lot 5 (£8,640 including premium), while a pair, formerly in the collection of Eric Moller at Thorncombe Park, Surrey, were sold Sotheby's, London, 18 November 1993, lot 105 (£11,500 including premium).