Live Auction 2305500 Years Decorative Arts Europe Including Oriental Carpets
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Lot 33 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM F. REILLY (LOT 33)

A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA

IN THE MANNER OF MATTHEW BOULTON, LATE 18TH CENTURY

Closed20 April 2010

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
IN THE MANNER OF MATTHEW BOULTON, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Each with urn form finial, fluted socket and tapering stem, the sockets etched No. 8, No. 9, No 17, No. 9 and one base etched No.3, minor variations to the casting
One 15¼ in. (39 cm.) high, the other 15¾ in. (40 cm.) high (2)

Anonymous Sale; Christie's, London, 9 July 1998, lot 5.

Specialist note

The candelabra are designed in the French 'antique' fashion promoted around 1770 by the architects Sir Williams Chambers and James Wyatt. Although no exact pattern exists, several designs in the sketch books of the Soho manufactory of Matthew Boulton and John Fothergill feature related elements such as foliate-cast tightly looped candlearms and pointed leaf-cast borders (N. Goodison, The Work of Matthew Boulton, London, 1974, figs. 162 and 164). The variously inscribed numbers of 17, 18, and 19, along with variations to the drip pans and nozzles, would suggest they were part of a much larger set.