A GEORGE III ORMOLU AND BLUE JOHN 'GRIFFIN' VASE PERFUME-BURNER
AFTER A DESIGN BY SIR WILLIAM CHAMBERS BY MATTHEW BOULTON CIRCA 1770
A GEORGE III ORMOLU AND BLUE JOHN 'GRIFFIN' VASE PERFUME-BURNER AFTER A DESIGN BY SIR WILLIAM CHAMBERS BY MATTHEW BOULTON CIRCA 1770 The ovoid body mounted with rams' heads and laurel swags, with domed lid and pinecone finial, the waisted gadrooned socle supported by three laurel-festooned crouching griffins, above a circular stepped and foliate-cast base, restored breaks to blue john, with silvered copper liner, the lid now with an ormolu disk 12 in. (30.5 cm.) high; 5½ in. (14 cm.) diameter
A GEORGE III ORMOLU AND BLUE JOHN 'GRIFFIN' VASE PERFUME-BURNER
AFTER A DESIGN BY SIR WILLIAM CHAMBERS BY MATTHEW BOULTON CIRCA 1770
A GEORGE III ORMOLU AND BLUE JOHN 'GRIFFIN' VASE PERFUME-BURNER AFTER A DESIGN BY SIR WILLIAM CHAMBERS BY MATTHEW BOULTON CIRCA 1770 The ovoid body mounted with rams' heads and laurel swags, with domed lid and pinecone finial, the waisted gadrooned socle supported by three laurel-festooned crouching griffins, above a circular stepped and foliate-cast base, restored breaks to blue john, with silvered copper liner, the lid now with an ormolu disk 12 in. (30.5 cm.) high; 5½ in. (14 cm.) diameter
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