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A pair of George III gilt-bronze mounted blue glass cassolettes or candle vases, the mounts attributed to Matthew Boulton
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description
- 23cm. high and with lids reversed 21cm. high; 9in., and 8¼in.
each reversible lid including a leaf cast candle nozzle, with guilloche rims and acanthus cast handles supported by rams heads, the baluster shaped urns ending in waisted stems, on circular bases with stepped square plinths
Catalogue Note
For two designs by Boulton which relate closely to the offered lot and would appear to feature almost identical features see Nicholas Goodison, Matthew Boulton: Ormolu, London, 2002, p. 305 (Pattern Book 1., pl. 171) and p. 310 (Pattern Book 1., pl. 137)