A pair of George III silver candlesticks
By Matthew Boulton, Birmingham 1807
The detachable drip-pans with gadrooned rims, demi-fluted sconces, the tapering cylindrical columns with gadrooned and waisted bands, each raised on a gadrooned stepped circular base, crested and engraved with a coat of arms, height 32cm. (2)
The detachable drip-pans with gadrooned rims, demi-fluted sconces, the tapering cylindrical columns with gadrooned and waisted bands, each raised on a gadrooned stepped circular base, crested and engraved with a coat of arms, height 32cm. (2)
Sold for
£1,875
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Engraved with the arms of Walter BUTLER, K.P., 18th Earl of Ormonde and 11th Earl of Ossory (born 1770, succ. 1795, died 1820) accolly with a similar shield charged in pretence with the quartered arms of PRICE-CLARKE for Anna Maria Catherine, daughter and heiress of Job Hart Price, whom he married in 1805.
The Earl of Ormonde was invested a Knight of St Patrick in 1798 and advanced to a Marquessate in 1816. His arms indicate his hereditary title of Chief Butler of Ireland and quarter those of (3) the Earldom of Carrick and (4) Fitzgerald, Earl of Desmond.
Category: Decorative Arts / Silver
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