MATTHEW BOULTON & JOHN FOTHERGILL, CIRCA 1772
A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE CANDLE VASES
Each surmounted by a removable lid with gadrooned finial above an acanthus-cast spreading domed base, the top reversing to form a baluster-shaped fluted and stiff-leaf nozzle, the ovoid body with a foliate-wrapped rim flanked by looped handles cast with acanthus, above a stiff-leaf cradle and spreading socle with laurel collar and stepped square base, on a cylindrical plinth with stiff-leaf cast cornice and foot
8 3⁄4 in. (22.2 cm.) high
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MATTHEW BOULTON & JOHN FOTHERGILL, CIRCA 1772
A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE CANDLE VASES
Each surmounted by a removable lid with gadrooned finial above an acanthus-cast spreading domed base, the top reversing to form a baluster-shaped fluted and stiff-leaf nozzle, the ovoid body with a foliate-wrapped rim flanked by looped handles cast with acanthus, above a stiff-leaf cradle and spreading socle with laurel collar and stepped square base, on a cylindrical plinth with stiff-leaf cast cornice and foot
8 3⁄4 in. (22.2 cm.) high
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