Candlestick
ca. 1775 (made)
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Candlestick of soft paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and with a circular tray painted with flowers, with an undulating rim decorated with gilt foliated scrolls on a dark mazarine-blue border, and the socket is in the form of a flower with a green twisted stalk forming the loop handle.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Candlestick of soft paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and with a circular tray, an undulating rim, and socket in the form of a flower with a twisted stalk forming the loop handle, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1775. |
| Physical description | Candlestick of soft paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and with a circular tray painted with flowers, with an undulating rim decorated with gilt foliated scrolls on a dark mazarine-blue border, and the socket is in the form of a flower with a green twisted stalk forming the loop handle. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Dalgleish, London, for £3 10 shillings in November 1870. Acquired as Chelsea porcelain. |
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| Other number | Sch. I 373 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:257-1885 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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