Candlestick Figure
ca. 1765-1770 (made)
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Candlestick in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded of a girl standing. She holds up a garland of flowers in her apron, and has an elaborately figured skirt. Her arm passes round a flowering branch which supports a scrollwork socket for a candle. Symmetrical rococo scrolled base.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Candlestick in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded of a girl standing, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1765-1770. |
| Physical description | Candlestick in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded of a girl standing. She holds up a garland of flowers in her apron, and has an elaborately figured skirt. Her arm passes round a flowering branch which supports a scrollwork socket for a candle. Symmetrical rococo scrolled base. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
| Object history | One of a pair with C.203-1935. Formerly in the William Bemrose Collection. |
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| Accession number | C.203A-1935 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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