A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLUE-JOHN CANDLE VASES, BY MATTHEW BOULTON, CIRCA 1770-75

A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLUE-JOHN CANDLE VASES
BY MATTHEW BOULTON, CIRCA 1770-75
Each with removable lid and interior nozzle, the ovoid bodies with swags, the cylindrical bases with lion heads joined by berried swags and double-stepped plinths with guilloche, with typical minor variations consistent with Boulton's mass production, some elements possibly replaced including the finials on each vase and the urn swags on one vase
10 in. (25.5 cm.) high

Provenance
With Frank Partridge, London, 1972.
With William Redford, London, 1974.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 21 November 1981, lot 149.
S. Jon Gerstenfeld; Christie's, London, 25 November 2004, lot 60.
Acquired from Partridge, London.

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Please note the additional provenance and literature for this lot.
Provenance:
With Frank Partridge, London, 1972.
With William Redford, London, 1974.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 21 November 1981, lot 149.
S. Jon Gerstenfeld; Christie's, London, 25 November 2004, lot 60.
Acquired from Partridge, London.
Literature:
'Supplement - other exhibitions', Apollo, June 1972, p. S10.
N. Goodison, Ormolu: The Work of Matthew Boulton, London, 1974, pl. 110.
W. Rieder, 'Living with Antiques', The Magazine Antiques, June 1987, p. 1322, pl. IX.
N. Goodison, 'Ormolu Ornaments by Matthew Boulton' in E. Lennox-Boyd, ed., Masterpieces of English Furniture, The Gerstenfeld Collection, London, 1996, p. 173, pl. 123, and cat. no. 122.
N. Goodison, Matthew Boulton: Ormolu, London, 2002, pl. 298, pl. 261.

Literature
'Supplement - other exhibitions', Apollo, June 1972, p. S10.
N. Goodison, Ormolu: The Work of Matthew Boulton, London, 1974, pl. 110.
W. Rieder, 'Living with Antiques', The Magazine Antiques, June 1987, p. 1322, pl. IX.
N. Goodison, 'Ormolu Ornaments by Matthew Boulton' in E. Lennox-Boyd, ed., Masterpieces of English Furniture, The Gerstenfeld Collection, London, 1996, p. 173, pl. 123, and cat. no. 122.
N. Goodison, Matthew Boulton: Ormolu, London, 2002, pl. 298, pl. 261.