Lot 256
Lot 256
PROPERTY OF A BOSTON COLLECTOR
A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED RED ENAMELED CANDLE VASES

ATTRIBUTED TO MATTHEW BOULTON, CIRCA 1768-82, THE BODIES POSSIBLY RE-ENAMELED

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USD 15,000 - USD 25,000
Closed: 22 Oct 2024
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED RED ENAMELED CANDLE VASES

ATTRIBUTED TO MATTHEW BOULTON, CIRCA 1768-82, THE BODIES POSSIBLY RE-ENAMELED

Closed: 22 Oct 2024
Closed: 22 Oct 2024
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Each with spiral-fluted leaf-tip cast and stepped finials reversing to waisted bobèches, the ovoid bodies flanked by goats' heads and hung with laurel leaf garlands with tassels to each side, the laurel leaf base on a waisted spiral-fluted spreading circular foot with leaf tip-cast base and further stepped square plinth on ball feet, lacking three tassels
8 in. (20.5 cm.) high (closed), 812 in. (21.5 cm.) high (open), 234 in. (7 cm.) wide, 234 in. (7 cm.) deep (the base)
Provenance
The Collection of Saul Steinberg; Sotheby’s, New York, 26 May 2000, lot 146.
Property of a New York Collector; Christie’s, New York, 16 April 2002, lot 260.
Acquired from the above sale.
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