A PAIR OF GEORGE III ARCHITECTURAL CANDLESTICKS
with variations in execution and height, each with a bronze-metal griffin supporting a beaded nozzle, seated on a corinthian capital, one with a rusticated column with incised masonry, and the other with inlaid mortar lines, each on a stepped rectangular base with a rectangular pedestal inlaid with oval shell paterae,
87cm high and 84cm high (2)
Provenance: The Estate of the late Rufus Eyre
It has been suggested that these rare survivals originally formed part of the furnishings of a Grand Masonic
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£3,000 - £5,000
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Hammer price:
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£3,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Lodge.
These exceptional candlesticks may be compared to a set representing three of the five orders of Classical Architecture from the collection of the late Professor Sir Albert Richardson, which he has recorded as having acquired prior to 1938.
The distinctive bronze-metal griffins supporting the sconces relate to the published designs of Sir William Chambers, RA. (1723-1796).
