Perfume burner (one of a pair)

probably ca. 1770

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 512

Called "sphinx" vases, the sphinx supports were probably based on a design by Sir William Chambers (1723–1796), architect to George III, who supplied Boulton with several models for gilt bronze in 1770.

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Provenance

Title: Perfume burner (one of a pair)
Maker: Matthew Boulton (British, Birmingham 1728–1809 Birmingham)
Maker: and James Fothergill (died 1782)
Date: probably ca. 1770
Culture: British, Soho near Birmingham
Medium: Derbyshire spar, tortoiseshell, and wood; Carrara marble base, gilded brass mounts, gilded copper liner
Dimensions: wt. confirmed: 13 × 5 5/8 × 5 5/8 in., 11.6 lb. (33 × 14.3 × 14.3 cm, 5.3 kg)
Classification: Metalwork-Gilt Bronze
Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
Object Number: 64.101.1634
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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