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A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU AND BLUE JOHN CANDLE VASES

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22.11.2022 10:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 83 | A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU AND BLUE JOHN CANDLE VASES
A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU AND BLUE JOHN CANDLE VASES

BY MATTHEW BOULTON, CIRCA 1771-2

Each of amphora form, with a waisted neck hung with laurel swags and issuing twin handles cast with bellflowers and joining the tapering body with acanthus leaves, the body headed by a guilloche-cast collar and beaded, on a waisted socle and stepped square plinth

8 1/8 in. (20.5 cm.) high





Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 15 April 1982, lot 1.



Literature

N. Goodison, Ormolu: The Work of Matthew Boulton, 1974, fig. 132, for an identical pair.

N. Goodison, Ormolu: Matthew Boulton, London, 2002, pl. 267, pp. 300-1, for an identical pair.
Manufactur:Matthew Boulton & Co.
Applied technique:Ormolu
Medium:Blue john, Gold, Semi-precious stones
Historical era:Georgian period
Place of origin:Northern Europe, United Kingdom
Category:Candlestick
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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