Pair of 'Lyon-faced' candlesticks

Matthew Boulton (1728 - 1809)

Grosvenor Museum

1769-1770

Two candlesticks from a set of four made during the time when there was no assay office in Birmingham. Boulton and Fothergill had to send all their silver to Chester, 72 miles away, to be assayed. The design is said to have been inspired by Boulton's travels in France in 1765 and quickly became very desirable. The other 2 candlesticks are in Soho House, Birmingham.

• Artists Include:
• John Fothergill

• Medium: silver
• Dimensions: height: 32.5cm
• Art Fund Grant: £4973 ( Total: £19,893)
• ArtFunded in: 2002
• Vendor: Partridge Fine Arts

Provenance

Sir John Nelthorpe; by descent to Executors of Colonel Roger Sutton Nelthrope of Scawby Hall, Lincolnshire; Sotheby's, 2002; Partridge Fine Arts plc.

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