A pair of fine and substantial gilt bronze candlesticks, 19th century, in the manner of designs by Pierre Gouthière and Matthew Boulton the urn sconces cast with foliate and Greek key motifs, resting on square section stems cast with togate satyr caryatids, above waisted circular socles cast with imbricated laurel rims, 44cm high, bases 19cm diameter These candlesticks, with their characteristic Greek key motifs, tapered shafts and socle design with two ornate rims, bear distinct similarities to a type popularised in late 18th century Britain by the prolific workshop of Birmingham metalware manufacturer and industrialist Matthew Boulton However, as Nicholas Goodison notes, this model was closely inspired by French examples, and the original design is usually credited to Pierre Gouthière A similar late 18th century design appears in Boulton & Fothergill's Pattern Book I, p. 41 A near identical model of French origin, dated circa 1775, is illustrated in Jonathan Bourne and Vanessa Brett, Lighting in the Domestic Interior, Renaissance to Art Nouveau, London: Sotheby's Publications, 1991, p. 106 Please also see Nicholas Goodison, Matthew Boulton Ormolu, London: Christies, 2002, pp. 66-7
A pair of fine and substantial gilt bronze candlesticks, 19th century, in the manner of designs by Pierre Gouthière and Matthew Boulton the urn sconces cast with foliate and Greek key motifs, resting on square section stems cast with togate satyr caryatids, above waisted circular socles cast with imbricated laurel rims, 44cm high, bases 19cm diameter These candlesticks, with their characteristic Greek key motifs, tapered shafts and socle design with two ornate rims, bear distinct similarities to a type popularised in late 18th century Britain by the prolific workshop of Birmingham metalware manufacturer and industrialist Matthew Boulton However, as Nicholas Goodison notes, this model was closely inspired by French examples, and the original design is usually credited to Pierre Gouthière A similar late 18th century design appears in Boulton & Fothergill's Pattern Book I, p. 41 A near identical model of French origin, dated circa 1775, is illustrated in Jonathan Bourne and Vanessa Brett, Lighting in the Domestic Interior, Renaissance to Art Nouveau, London: Sotheby's Publications, 1991, p. 106 Please also see Nicholas Goodison, Matthew Boulton Ormolu, London: Christies, 2002, pp. 66-7
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