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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Candlestick

ca. 1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Candlestick of cream-coloured earthenware, moulded in the form of a fluted Corinthian column, and with a square base with a border of egg-and-tongue pattern and festoons hung from a ram's head at the upper corners.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with moulded decoration
Brief description
Candlestick of cream-coloured earthenware, moulded in the form of a fluted Corinthian column, probably made in Leeds, ca. 1790.
Physical description
Candlestick of cream-coloured earthenware, moulded in the form of a fluted Corinthian column, and with a square base with a border of egg-and-tongue pattern and festoons hung from a ram's head at the upper corners.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.4cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of a pair with 414:1168-1885 (Sch. II 337).
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. II 337A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:1168/A-1885

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Record createdApril 17, 2009
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