A PAIR OF LATE GEORGE III ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS - photo 1
A PAIR OF LATE GEORGE III ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS - photo 2
A PAIR OF LATE GEORGE III ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS - photo 3
A PAIR OF LATE GEORGE III ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS - photo 4

A PAIR OF LATE GEORGE III ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS

Starting price
£ 70 000
Auction dateClassic
08.02.2024 10:30UTC +01:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
Archive
The auction is completed. No bids can be placed anymore.
Archive
ID 1134466
Lot 38 | A PAIR OF LATE GEORGE III ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS
A PAIR OF LATE GEORGE III ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS

BY BENJAMIN LEWIS VULLIAMY, LONDON, CIRCA 1805-10

Each with dished circular drip-pan and dart-moulded everted rim, the scrolled acanthus-cast nozzle above a rosette and gadrooned collar and acanthus-cast bulbous baluster stem with stiff-leaf spreading domed socle, the circular drum pedestal hatched with alternating Hamilton-cinquefoils and Beckford Latimer crosses flanked by chimerical winged-lions, on a domed spreading acanthus and palm-leaf cast circular base

14 ¼ in. (36 cm.) high; 5¾in. (14.5 cm.) diameter





Provenance

Commissioned by William Beckford for Fonthill Abbey.

John Farquhar.

Sold Phillips, Fonthill Abbey sale, 17 October 1823 (twenty-ninth day's sale), lot 1167 for £7.7s. or lot 1168 for £7.

Beatrice Lagrave Maltby, New York; by whose estate sold, Christie's, New York, 16 April 1994, lot 15 (as a set of four).



Literature

M. Snodin and M. Baxter, 'William Beckford's Silver', Burlington, November and December 1980, pp. 735-748 and pp. 820-834.

H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, 1986, vol. 1, p. 324, fig. 5.I.3.

C. Wainwright, 'Fonthill Abbey', The Romantic Interior, London, 1989, fig. 114.



Exhibited

New York and London, William Beckford, 1760-1844, An Eye for the Magnificent, 2001, no. 82.
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Historical era:Georgian period
Place of origin:England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Category:Candlesticks
Auction house category:All other types of objects
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
Preview
03.02.2024 12:00 – 17:00
04.02.2024 12:00 – 17:00
05.02.2024 09:00 – 17:00
06.02.2024 09:00 – 20:00
07.02.2024 09:00 – 17:00
Phone +44 (0)20 7839 9060
Email
4FQ.AYGKAGLUQ@FO3G@
Buyer Premium see on Website
Conditions of purchaseConditions of purchase

Related terms

Frequently asked questions

First of all, you should register to be able to purchase at auction. After confirming your email address, enter your personal information in your user profile, such as your first name, last name, and mail address. Choose a lot from the upcoming auction and the maximum amount you want to place on it. After confirmation of your choice, we will send your application by e-mail to the appropriate auction house. If the auction house accepts a request, it will participate in the auction. You can view the current status of a bid at any time in your personal account in the "Bids" section.
Auctions are performed by auction houses and each of the auction houses describes their terms of auction. You can see the texts in the section "Auction information".
The results of the auction are published within a few days after the end of the auction. In the top menu of the site, find the tab "Auctions". Click on it and you will be on the auction catalog page, where you can easily find the category "Results". After opening it, select the desired auction from the list, enter and view the current status of the interested lot.
The information about the auction winners is confidential. The auction winner will receive a direct notification from the auction house responsible with instructions for further action: an invoice for payment and the manner in which the goods will be received.
Each of the auction houses has its own payment policy for the won lots. All auction houses accept bank transfers, most of them accept credit card payments. In the near future you will find detailed information for each case in the section "Auction information" on the page of the auction catalog and the lot.
Shipment of the won lot depends on its size. Small items can be delivered by post. Larger lots are sent by courier. Employees of the auction houses will offer you a wide range to choose from.
No. The archive serves as a reference for the study of auction prices, photographs and descriptions of works of art.