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Candlestick

ca. 1600 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Candlestick moulded in form of an angel boy kneeling on a pedestal with incurved corners and supporting a cornucopia as a candle-socket. Tin-glazed earthenware painted with colours.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted with colours and moulded
Brief description
Candlestick, tin-glazed earthenware, moulded and painted with colours, of an angel boy kneeling on pedestal supporting a cornucopia candle-socket, probably Patanazzi workshop, Urbino, ca. 1600.
Physical description
Candlestick moulded in form of an angel boy kneeling on a pedestal with incurved corners and supporting a cornucopia as a candle-socket. Tin-glazed earthenware painted with colours.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23cm
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Candlestick
Made in Probably Patanazzi workshop, Urbino, Italy About 1600
Tin-glazed earthenware

C.805-1925 Given by Lt.-Col. K. Dingwall, D.S.O.
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Object history
Pair with C.804-1925.
Subjects depicted
Associated object
C.804-1925 (Ensemble)
Bibliographic reference
Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
899 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
C.805-1925

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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