Lot 325

In good condition with no visible signs of repair or damage, light wear to ormolu.


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Mallett at Bourdon House, London, 1993
Mr J. Smiley, Woollahra

These magnificent ormolu hurricane candlesticks typify the antiquarian taste of George IV when he furnished Carlton House as Prince Regent. Similar to a "Gilt bronze torchère of antique form" supplied circa 1805 and designed by Rundell Bridge and Rundell, and now at Windsor Castle. Rundells copied their design closely from contemporary records of the archaeological discoveries at Herculaneum in a folio publication, dedicated to Ferdinand IV of Naples, entitled 'Delle Antichità di Ercolano' volume 8, published in 1792, containing 21 plates of 'Candelabri'. Also influential were the designs of Giovanni Battista Piranesi and his publication "Vasi, candelabri cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi…" of 1780.