Candlestick Figure
ca. 1755-1760 (made)
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Candlestick with a figure of Punch in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Punch dances with his right foot raised and hold up a lantern in his right hand. He wears a striped and flowered harlequin jacket, flowered breeches, yellow shoes and a hat. He leans against a stump and the socket is formed of leaves. The stump and the scrolled base is picked out in green, yellow and crimson and decorated with applied flowers.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Candlestick with a figure of Punch in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1755-1760. |
| Physical description | Candlestick with a figure of Punch in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Punch dances with his right foot raised and hold up a lantern in his right hand. He wears a striped and flowered harlequin jacket, flowered breeches, yellow shoes and a hat. He leans against a stump and the socket is formed of leaves. The stump and the scrolled base is picked out in green, yellow and crimson and decorated with applied flowers. |
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| Credit line | Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq. |
| Production | Bradshaw D5 p66 Punch not Harlequin. Register entry Punch not Harlequin. |
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| Accession number | C.668-1925 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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