A pair of English fire-gilt bronze, copper and "blue John" cassolettes - image-1

Lot 576 Dα

A pair of English fire-gilt bronze, copper and "blue John" cassolettes

Auction 1028 - overview Cologne
16.05.2014, 14:00 - Decorative Arts III
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 12.810 € (incl. premium)

A pair of English fire-gilt bronze, copper and "blue John" cassolettes

H 21.3 cm.
Probably the Soho factory in Birmingham, design attributed to Matthew Boulton, ca. 1770 - 80.

Literature

Further identical "candlevases" illus. in cat.: 18th Century English Furniture. The Norman Adams Collection, 1994, p. 474 ff.