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Candlestick

1773-1774 (made)
Artist/Maker
Samuel Roberts & Co. (maker)
Place of origin
Sheffield (made)

The eighteenth century approach to Gothic, exemplified by books like Batty Langley’s Gothic Architecture improved by rules and proportions (1747), was less than reverential. The stem of this candlestick resembles Langley’s Gothic columns, but the decoration on the base is neo-classical. The bases and stems for such candlesticks were often interchangeable.


Object details

Categories
Lighting
Metalwork
Object type
Candlestick
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Candlestick
  • Nozzle
Materials and techniques
Silver, stamped and engraved
Silver
Stamping
Engraving (Incising)
Brief description
Silver, Sheffield 1773-4, mark of Samuel Roberts.
Physical description
Candlestick, of a set of three (843A, B & C-1905), silver with the stem in the form of a clustered column. Square base decorated in relief with rams' heads, festoons and rosettes and with pearled borders above and below. The stem is banded at intervals and surmounted by a foliated capital forming the socket. The removable nozzle is of scalloped outline with pearled border.
Dimensions
  • Height: 32.5cm
  • Of base width: 13cm
  • Of base depth: 13cm
  • Weight: 846.8g
Marks and inscriptions
  • Sheffield hallmarks for 1773-4
  • Mark of Samule Roberts and Co.
  • Engraved with the initials: TME (On base and nozzle)
Credit line
Bequeathed by James Archibald Slater, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Columns (Architectural Elements)
Gothic (Medieval)
Neo-Classicism
Aegicranes
Summary
The eighteenth century approach to Gothic, exemplified by books like Batty Langley’s Gothic Architecture improved by rules and proportions (1747), was less than reverential. The stem of this candlestick resembles Langley’s Gothic columns, but the decoration on the base is neo-classical. The bases and stems for such candlesticks were often interchangeable.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
843B/1,2-1905

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Record createdApril 5, 2011
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1194064/candlestick-samuel-roberts/
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