Candelabra
Matthew Boulton (Birmingham 1728 - Birmingham 1809)
Category
Metalwork
Date
1772
Materials
Bluejohn,ormolu,gilt and tortoiseshell
Measurements
480 x 600 x 180 mm; 175 mm (Width)
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 871337.4
Summary
One of a set of four 6-branch candelabra. The centre is formed of oviform shaped vase and cover in bluejohn (Derbyshire Spar) mounted in chased and gilt ormolu with male caryatides each supporting two 'C' scroll branches. The whole decorated with leaf and acorn festoons in chiselled ormolu on square tortoiseshell ormolu-mounted plinths. Also fitted with lion mask and ring handles.
Provenance
Acquired 1772 by John Parker (1734/5-1788),Baron Boringdon (1784) and thence by descent. At Saltram by 1951 and accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of full payment of Estate Duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley and transferred on loan to NT Saltram in 1957 and transferred as an outright gift to NT in 1984 under s.9 of the Heritage Act 1980 to be maintained and preserved for display to the public at Saltram House with which they have a significant association.
Makers and roles
Matthew Boulton (Birmingham 1728 - Birmingham 1809), designer