Live Auction 1186The Collection of Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A.
A SILVERED-METAL OVAL PORTRAIT PROFILE RELIEF OF MATTHEW BOULTON (1728-1809)
Lot 168

A SILVERED-METAL OVAL PORTRAIT PROFILE RELIEF OF MATTHEW BOULTON (1728-1809)

BY S. BROWN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Closed19 September 2013

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GBP 1,250

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A SILVERED-METAL OVAL PORTRAIT PROFILE RELIEF OF MATTHEW BOULTON (1728-1809)
BY S. BROWN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Signed and dated under the truncation, under glass and in a giltwood frame, the reverse with paper label inscribed 'Matthew Boulton'; together with a wax portrait profile relief of Sir Christopher Wren, 19th century and an embossed portrait profile silhouette of Robert Adam, early 20th century
The first: 7 in. (17.8 cm.) high, overall (3)

Specialist note

Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) was the pre-eminent 18th century maker of fine quality ormolu objects in England. Together with his partner, John Fothergill, Boulton established the Soho Manufactory near Birmingham in 1762 and produced ormolu, Sheffield and silver plate, clocks and other ornamental wares for English and European royal and noble patrons including George III, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, and George, Prince of Wales, later George IV, see lot 60.