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Pair of Griffin Candlesticks After the Design by William Chambers (1726-96), c. 1760-65

Attributed to Diederich Nicolaus Anderson

Exhibited by Thomas Coulborn & Sons

Material Ormolu with a white marble base

Dimensions 35 x 15 x 7.5 cm

Place of Creation England

Status Vetted

About the Work

Sir William Chambers (1726-1796), the architect to George III, designed of these candlesticks; the design is published in the third edition of his Treatise on the Decorative Parts of Civil Architecture of 1791. (see https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/various-ornamental-utensils-pl-1.). Chambers describes the designs on this plate as including 'ornamental utensils, designed for the Earl of Charlemont, for Lord Melbourne, and for some decorations for my own house' Also, a hand-colored presentation sketch by John Yenn (d.

1821), who served as Chambers's assistant and pupil from 1764 to 1771, is held at the Victoria & Albert Museum (see https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O780971/architectural-design-sir-william-chambers/).

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Provenance

Countess Mona von Bismarck-Schönhausen (1897-1983), Ville II Fortino, Vivara e Mona, Capri,
Sold Sotheby's, Florence, 6-7 April 1987, lot 590,
with Kenneth Neame Ltd., London
Private Collection, Switzerland

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
N. Goodison, Ormolu: The Work of Matthew Boulton, London, 1974, pp. 157-58.
N. Goodison, 'William Chambers's Furniture', Furniture History, 1990, vol. XXVI, p. 67-89.
J. Bourne and V. Brett, Lighting in the Domestic Interior, London, 1991, p. 122, figs. 411 & 413.
J. Harris and M. Snodin, eds., Sir William Chambers: Architect to George III, New Haven, 1996, pp. 160-62.
N. Goodison, Matthew Boulton: Ormolu, London, 2002, the Blenheim pair illustrated pp. 40 & 41