Wall sconce
Matthew Boulton (Birmingham 1728 - Birmingham 1809)
Category
Metalwork
Date
1760
Materials
Ormolu
Measurements
225 x 95 x 215 mm
Order this imageCollection
Uppark House and Garden, West Sussex
NT 137843.2
Summary
One from a set of four Adam period ormolu wall sconces in the manner of Matthew Boulton, each with a beaded oval back plate centred by a ram's head from which springs a scrolled foliated and fluted nozzle. (NT/UPP/M/13a is other in Small Drawing Room. NT/UPP/M/13 c and d are in Parlour). Entry in Sir Matthew's Account Book for January 1st 1760, ' ....at Mr. Bolton's ...£62.10.0'.
Makers and roles
Matthew Boulton (Birmingham 1728 - Birmingham 1809), maker