Lot 136
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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III GILT-METAL MOUNTED WEDGWOOD AND CUT-GLASS THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III GILT-METAL MOUNTED WEDGWOOD AND CUT-GLASS THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III GILT-METAL MOUNTED WEDGWOOD AND CUT-GLASS THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III GILT-METAL MOUNTED WEDGWOOD AND CUT-GLASS THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA

ATTRIBUTED TO PARKER AND PERRY, CIRCA 1780-90

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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III GILT-METAL MOUNTED WEDGWOOD AND CUT-GLASS THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
ATTRIBUTED TO PARKER AND PERRY, CIRCA 1780-90
Each gadrooned vase issuing a pineapple, flanked by two candlebranches terminating in flowerhead nozzles and drip pans, above blue and white jasperware plinth with ram's heads, classical figures and braziers in the relief, on a molded concave base and ball feet, with small impressed uppercase mark to undersides, restorations and replacements
19 in. (48.5 cm.) high, 14 ¾ in. (37.5 cm.) wide, 4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Acquired from Delomosne & Son, Ltd., London, October 1955.
Literature
M. Mortimer, The English Glass Chandelier, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2000, p. 107, pl. 54.
D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, p. 241-242, no. 246.
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Lot Essay

Peggy and I consider ourselves fortunate to have this set of four candelabra with Wedgwood bases. It was only after we purchased them that we realized how unusual it is to have a set of four. We have them on two side tables in our dining room at 65th Street, and on a number of occasions when we have dinner parties for twenty people or more, we place them on the dining room table, where they make a striking impression.
D. R.

This set of four candelabra, illustrated Martin Mortimer, The English Glass Chandelier, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2000, p. 107, pl. 54, display elements unique to Parker and Perry, the leading chandelier-maker of the late 18th century. The design of the drip-pans and nozzles, as well as the arm patterns with short inner curves and extended outer curves, match those on a candelabra illustrated in Martin Mortimer, op. cit., p. 106, pl. 53., which were attributed to the firm. The bases on the present four are Wedgwood Jasper, and their form recalls those which were patented by William Parker of Parker and Perry in 1781.

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