A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU CUT,GILDED AND BLUE GLASS TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA, LATE 18TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO PARKER AND PERRY, each centre obelisk surmounted by a star and hung with lustres, above a pair of scrolled branches with candle sconces hung with reversible sconces retaining their original removable cut stars, and with a central arm suspending coloured and clear cut stars and lustres, the pedimented bases of Bristol glass set with paterae and with rams heads corners in neo-classical style, raised on spherical feet. Each 66cm high William Parker (d.1784), founding his company in 1756, became a prominent and fashionable figure manufacturing glass chandeliers, girandoles and candelabra in eighteenth century. Operating from Fleet Street in 1762, his craftsmanship gained acclaim with notable commissions. Later, his son partnered with the Perry family, becoming Parker and Perry by 1802-03, later known as Perry & Co. circa 1820. They counted the English Royal family amongst their many patrons, and supplied the Prince of Wales at Carlton House between 1783 and 1786 at a cost of nearly £2,500. Among the well-documented commissions are those of the 5th Duke of Devonshire for Chatsworth c.1782-83. As part of that commission a set of four candelabra mounted on similar bases to the lot offered here were delivered by Perry to Chatsworth in 1782 . The candelabra correspond closely to Parkers patented candelabra bases with spherical feet, documented in the drawings and diagrams at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. According to Martin Mortimer (The English Glass Chandelier, Woodbridge, 2000, pl.53), the shape of the scrolled branches in this lot are quintessential characteristics of Parker and Perry’s designs. A similar pair of cobalt candelabra attributed to Parker and Perry, in the same distinctive form, sold at Christie’s New York, 27/10/13, lot 730, for $37,500