A set of three George III cut-glass and gilt-metal Wedgwood mounted candelabra, circa 1775

with twin cut-glass drop-hung candle-arms, drop-hung spire arms linked by chains of drops to a central spire, the blue and white Wedgwood socles with gilt-brass mouldings and ball feet

The Collection of Sir John Chichester, Bt.

Percy Macquoid, ‘A History of English Furniture’, vol. IV, ‘The Age of Satinwood’, London, 1908, p.135, fig.126.
Oliver Brackett, ‘English Furniture Illustrated’, London,  1950, p. 239.
F.Lewis Hinckley, ‘Queen Anne and Georgian Looking Glasses’, London, 1987, p. 239, illus.304

This is a rare and interesting group in very good condition considering age and use. There are small chips to the edges of two of the three finials. One spire support to the pair has a well restored break about 4cm from the top. The spires all have a small chip to the edges. Small chips to the tops of the smaller spire finials and a small loss to the top of one of the pair. Small chips to the nozzles and drip pans consistent with age and use. The metal candle holders are later. Small chip to one corner of one Wedgwood section.
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The antique alter pedestals of blue and white jasperware depicts scenes of Domestic Employment designed by Elizabeth, Lady Templeton (d. 1823) (R Reilly, Wedgewood, vol. I, London, 1989, fig. 890).  Her designs were made on ‘cut Indian paper’ and then translated into bas relief for jasper by Wedgewood’s master craftsmen William Hackwood (d. 1839). An identical pedestal in jasperware is illustrated in J. Bourne and V. Brett, Lighting in the Domestic Interior, London, 1991, p. 120, fig. 400. A very similar pair to the present lot was sold Christie’s, New York, 23 October 2002, lot 4.