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Chandelier

1760-65 (made)
Place of origin

Registered Description: Eight S shaped arms alternating with eight serpentine arms of equal length, all ending in nozzles with star-shaped sconces from which hang eight pear-shaped or acorn-shaped drops; the arms also decorated with large drops (star-shaped, pear-shaped and lozenge-shaped) and with alternating fleurs-de-lis and obelisks rising above. The arms spring from a pear-shaped vase from which hangs a knopped-pendant with a ring of drops. Above the vase is a bulb and a globular knop separated and surmounted by mushroom-shaped caps from the edges of which hang gourd-shaped drops. The whole is cut with facets.
1994 Conservation report: 12 arms


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Chandelier
  • Chandelier, Parts
Materials and techniques
Blown colourless glass, cut and assembled on a metal frame
Brief description
Thomastown chandelier, cut glass, England 1760-65

glass drip pan with attached drops, part of the Thomastown chandelier
Physical description
Registered Description: Eight S shaped arms alternating with eight serpentine arms of equal length, all ending in nozzles with star-shaped sconces from which hang eight pear-shaped or acorn-shaped drops; the arms also decorated with large drops (star-shaped, pear-shaped and lozenge-shaped) and with alternating fleurs-de-lis and obelisks rising above. The arms spring from a pear-shaped vase from which hangs a knopped-pendant with a ring of drops. Above the vase is a bulb and a globular knop separated and surmounted by mushroom-shaped caps from the edges of which hang gourd-shaped drops. The whole is cut with facets.
1994 Conservation report: 12 arms
Dimensions
  • Weight: 68kg (Note: Combined weight of all sections from 2023 examination.)
  • Width: 147cm (Note: Converted from register)
Credit line
Given by Major W.H. Mulville
Object history
This chandelier was presented to the Thomastown Chapel, County Kilkenny, Ireland, by Sir John Power, late in the 18th century. It was taken down during the 19th century and subsequently bought by Major W.H. Mulville, who gave it to the Museum in 1931
Production
This chandelier has an Irish provenance, but its date of manufacture predates the activity of the Waterford glass factory.
Bibliographic reference
Martin Mortimer, The English Glass Chandelier, 1999, pp. 74-74, Pl. 26
Other number
7846 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Accession number
C.5:1-1931

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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