Design for an altar candlestick, unexecuted, for the Chapel of St. George, Windsor
Drawing
1827 (made)
1827 (made)
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Full-size design for a candlestick: a profile. the base is triangular resting on foliage feet. It is richly decorated with open-work traceried panels with a central medallion containing the Sacred Monogram with rays (very similar to the centre of the standing paten), at each side a double rose amid sprays and above it, within a trefoil, a tiny shield bearing St. George's Cross. The base rises to nodding ogee arches behind which rises the octagonal open work stem. The stem swells into a wide band covered with complicated tracery, crockets and pinnacles. From behind this band, rises the octagonal open-work stem which now has flying buttresses which carry tiny figures. Above is a panelled stringcourse the open-work octagonal stem continues, now much thinner with attached shafts. The attached shafts terminate in ogee arches behind which the open-work octagonal stem rises to the foliage under-side of the crested edged grease pan in which stands a plain pricket.
Object details
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| Title | Design for an altar candlestick, unexecuted, for the Chapel of St. George, Windsor |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink with yellow and dark blue washes |
| Brief description | A.W.N. Pugin, design for an altar candlestick, pen and ink drawing with wash, 1827 |
| Physical description | Full-size design for a candlestick: a profile. the base is triangular resting on foliage feet. It is richly decorated with open-work traceried panels with a central medallion containing the Sacred Monogram with rays (very similar to the centre of the standing paten), at each side a double rose amid sprays and above it, within a trefoil, a tiny shield bearing St. George's Cross. The base rises to nodding ogee arches behind which rises the octagonal open work stem. The stem swells into a wide band covered with complicated tracery, crockets and pinnacles. From behind this band, rises the octagonal open-work stem which now has flying buttresses which carry tiny figures. Above is a panelled stringcourse the open-work octagonal stem continues, now much thinner with attached shafts. The attached shafts terminate in ogee arches behind which the open-work octagonal stem rises to the foliage under-side of the crested edged grease pan in which stands a plain pricket. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed with titles. verso, by John Gawler Bridge 'J.G. Bridge'. |
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| Accession number | E.755-1925 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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