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Lot 136
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III GILT-METAL MOUNTED WEDGWOOD AND CUT-GLASS THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
ATTRIBUTED TO PARKER AND PERRY, CIRCA 1780-90
Closed9 May 2018
Price Realised
USD 81,250
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Specialist note
Peggy and I consider ourselves fortunate to have this set of four candelabra with Wedgwood bases. It was only after we purchased them that we realized how unusual it is to have a set of four. We have them on two side tables in our dining room at 65th Street, and on a number of occasions when we have dinner parties for twenty people or more, we place them on the dining room table, where they make a striking impression.
D. R.
This set of four candelabra, illustrated Martin Mortimer, The English Glass Chandelier, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2000, p. 107, pl. 54, display elements unique to Parker and Perry, the leading chandelier-maker of the late 18th century. The design of the drip-pans and nozzles, as well as the arm patterns with short inner curves and extended outer curves, match those on a candelabra illustrated in Martin Mortimer, op. cit., p. 106, pl. 53., which were attributed to the firm. The bases on the present four are Wedgwood Jasper, and their form recalls those which were patented by William Parker of Parker and Perry in 1781.
D. R.
This set of four candelabra, illustrated Martin Mortimer, The English Glass Chandelier, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2000, p. 107, pl. 54, display elements unique to Parker and Perry, the leading chandelier-maker of the late 18th century. The design of the drip-pans and nozzles, as well as the arm patterns with short inner curves and extended outer curves, match those on a candelabra illustrated in Martin Mortimer, op. cit., p. 106, pl. 53., which were attributed to the firm. The bases on the present four are Wedgwood Jasper, and their form recalls those which were patented by William Parker of Parker and Perry in 1781.