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• Auction House:
  Vickers & Hoad Auctioneers
• Sale Name:
  Director's Selection
• Sale Date:
  19 May 2013 ~ 12noon
• Lot #:
  101
• Lot Description:
  A rare pair of George III ormolu mounted blue-john Candle Vases by Matthew Boulton
  each with ovoid urn shape pale blue-john (Derbyshire spar)bodies the rims with guilloche and rosettes united by swags, with everting stiff leaf cast candle nozzle/finials, the pierced leaf-tip bases raised foliage-clasped circular foot to a square base with foliate swags on bun feet. Height: 8¼” 20 cm English, circa 1775 & later
• Notes:
  The inner long thread and nuts repaired and part replaced. Part re-gilt. The quartz bodies damaged and with minor repairs. Chains modern and some replacement pins. see N. Goodison, Matthew Boulton: Ormolu, London, 2002, pp.139, 291-92, figs. 108-248).
• Estimate:
  A$20,000 - 30,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Ceramics & Porcelain

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