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

Candlestick

ca. 1756-1758 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Candlestick of soft-paste porcelain with modelled and applied decoration, painted with enamels and gilded. Round the nozzle are sprays of growing flowers in applied relief and painted. The middle of the stem is modelled in the form of a dove-cote with a thatched roof and small windows with birds. The dove-cote and lower part of the stem are entwined with a branch with flowers and leaves in applied relief and colours. Round the triangular foot are hens, a cock, chicks, ducks, a sheaf of corn, piles of wood and horse-shoes, all modelled in the round and painted with enamels. The moulding are picked out in gilt.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain with modelled and applied decoration, painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Candlestick of soft-paste porcelain with modelled and applied decoration, painted with enamels and gilded, Chelsea Porcelain factory, Chelsea, ca. 1756-1758.
Physical description
Candlestick of soft-paste porcelain with modelled and applied decoration, painted with enamels and gilded. Round the nozzle are sprays of growing flowers in applied relief and painted. The middle of the stem is modelled in the form of a dove-cote with a thatched roof and small windows with birds. The dove-cote and lower part of the stem are entwined with a branch with flowers and leaves in applied relief and colours. Round the triangular foot are hens, a cock, chicks, ducks, a sheaf of corn, piles of wood and horse-shoes, all modelled in the round and painted with enamels. The moulding are picked out in gilt.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.7cm
  • Width: 11.4cm
Conversion from the Register
Marks and inscriptions
An anchor (In gold)
Credit line
Bequeathed by D. M. Currie
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.375-1921

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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