Live Auction 5695Christie's Interiors
Lot 191 VARIOUS PROPERTIES

A PAIR OF GEORGE IV BRONZE CANDLESTICKS IN THE FORM OF EGYPTIAN FIGURES

IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM BULLOCK AFTER THOMAS HOPE, CIRCA 1820

Closed13 April 2010

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GBP 562

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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV BRONZE CANDLESTICKS IN THE FORM OF EGYPTIAN FIGURES
IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM BULLOCK AFTER THOMAS HOPE, CIRCA 1820
13 in. (33 cm.) high (2)

Specialist note

Related figures are illustrated in Thomas Hope's 'Household Furniture and Interior Decoration', 1807 (pl. XI). These candlesticks were possibly executed by the Liverpool sculptor William Bullock who opened his 'Egyptian Museum' in Piccadilly, London in 1812.