Rare Matched Pair of Contra Marble and Ormolu Mounted Venus Perfume Vase Burners by the eminent Matthew Boulton . According to Nicholas Goodison

the Venus Vase proved a very popular product mainly used as a model for clocks, though some were made as perfume burners ( parfumerie ). In a sale of 1778

at Christies auction there were five Venus vases describes as " Venus and Cupid in ormolu , at the tomb of Adonis. Only one found a buyer at a price of £13.1

  See   Illustration in Nicholas Goodison ...  Matthew Boulton Ormolu Page 355

                                See   Ronald Phillips Catalogue 2013....Page 182....Venus Mourning the Death of Adonis

Many were exported from the Birmingham factory and in 1772 the Paris marchand mercier Charles Raymond Grancher advertises for sale  a " Venus weeping at the tomb of Adonis on white marble bases . NOTE :- This matched pair , coincidently were purchased in Paris , one from the collection of Madame Cheruit Paris  ..

Dimensions       30 cms high        16 cms square

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