A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER CANDLESTICKS

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£ 18 900
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07.07.2023 11:00UTC +01:00
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Лот 78 | A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER CANDLESTICKS
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER CANDLESTICKS

MARK OF MATTHEW BOULTON AND JOHN FOTHERGILL, BIRMINGHAM, 1774, AFTER A DESIGN BY JAMES WYATT

Each on shaped square base with canted corners, chased with guilloché and flowerheads on a matted ground, the fluted centre rising to a baluster knopped stem chased with palmettes and drapery swags, the baluster socket chased with palm leaves on a matted ground, with tied reeded rim and detachable fluted nozzle, with wood base, marked on bases and nozzles, engraved on foot-rims with scratch weight 12=1 and 11=19=12, one nozzle with mark of John Henry and Charles Lias, 1832, the bases painted with accession nos. 56.502,503

11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm.) high

gross weight 40 oz. 6 dwt. (1,255 gr.)





Provenance

With N. Bloom and Son Inc., New York, purchased on 11 October 1956, through the Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, a set of four,

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1956-1993,

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Christie's, New York, 21 October 1993, lot 508, (a pair).



Literature

R. Rowe, Adam Silver, London, 1965, pl. 50.



Exhibited

Washington D. C., The National Gallery of Art, The Eye of Thomas Jefferson, 1976, cat. 101, examples from the set.

New York, The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, City and Dwellings and Country Houses, Robert Adam and his Style, 1982, examples from the set.



Special notice

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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