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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Candelabrum

second quarter of 19th century (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Candelabrum of porcelain. Formed of a group consisting of a man seated on a tree-stump playing bagpipes, with a dog at his feet. Two branches, each bearing a socket for a candle, spring from the sides of the stump, and a bocage with flowers in natural colours fills the space between them. The whole is supported by an elaborately scrolled rococo base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Candelabrum of porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, Derby Porcelain Factory, England (Derby), second quarter of 19th century
Physical description
Candelabrum of porcelain. Formed of a group consisting of a man seated on a tree-stump playing bagpipes, with a dog at his feet. Two branches, each bearing a socket for a candle, spring from the sides of the stump, and a bocage with flowers in natural colours fills the space between them. The whole is supported by an elaborately scrolled rococo base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21cm
  • Width: 18.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords (In underglaze blue in imitation of Meissen porcelain)
  • 'No. 280' (Incised)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Honey, W. B. Old English porcelain. London: Faber & Faber, 1948, p. 107, note 2.
Collection
Accession number
3021-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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