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Adamesque Ormolu Mounted Wedgwood Candelabra, 2
Adamesque Ormolu Mounted Wedgwood Candelabra, 2
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Description
Adamesque ormolu-mounted Wedgwood blue jasperware lion head-handled vases mounted as torchieres, the vases circa 1874, impressed "WEDGWOOD / C" marks to underside of vase, loosely adapted from an original design by Jacques Stella, recorded as shape no. 1399, of bottle-baluster form, the blue jasperware bodies applied with slip-cast white bisque scenes from the myth of Hercules, flanked by tall lion head handles with masque terminals, the lower body with bisque vertical stripes, above a socle foot with leaf-tip molding (the vases 16.5" H), each with Adamesque or Louis XVI manner scrolling acanthus and rosette-mounted four-light candelabra around central caducei, and with incurved square stepped molded paneled bases, the mounts 19th century or later. Now electrified; prior restorations. Each: 40" H x 13" W x 10" D. Note: For similar examples of this Wedgwood & Bentley vase form in black basalt, reference the Spak Collection, sold Skinner, Boston 13 July 2019, lot 140 and The Lloyd J. Bleier Collection, sold Skinner, Boston, 25 April 2003, sale 2191, lot 124, and the Jeffrey Milkin Collection, sold The Potomac Company, Alexandria, VA. September 30, 2021, lot 2021. for a discussion of the origin of the model, see Brian Gallagher, 'Classic Black', op cit. exhibition catalogue, p. 148-149, no. 44. where the author discusses the elemental inspiration of Jacques Stella's design, see 'Livres de Vases', pl. 2.
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Adamesque Ormolu Mounted Wedgwood Candelabra, 2

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