Nicholas Goodison attributes candle vases of this form to Boulton and Fothergill. (see N. Goodison, Matthew Boulton: Ormolu, London, 2002, p. 300 and 301, fig. 267). The stamped guilloche bands, seen on the present vases appear frequently on vases from Soho, for example on a vase and burner in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (op. cit., fig. 253). Other examples of this form include a blue john pair, Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 6 April 1982, lot 1 and a marble pair illustrated in Goodison, Ormolu: The Work of Matthew Boulton, London, 1974, fig. 133. A closely related pair in white marble was sold anonymously, '50 Years of Collecting: Decorative Arts of Georgian England', Christie's, London, 14 May 2003, lot 101 (£33,460 with premium).
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