The Vain Jackdaw
Candlestick
ca. 1770 (made)
ca. 1770 (made)
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Candlestick with nozzle of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | The Vain Jackdaw (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Candlestick with nozzle of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded and illustrating Aesop's fable of The Vein Jackdaw, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1770. |
| Physical description | Candlestick with nozzle of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'THE VEIN JACKDAW' (Inscribed on the base) |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of a pair of candlesticks with 414:255/&A-1885 (Sch. I 222&A); on this, however, see below. One candlestick was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Johnson, London, for £7 10 shillings in October 1867 and the other from Redfern, Warwick, for £5 also in October 1867; the nozzles (which are of Bow porcelain, were bought from Willson, London, for £1 15 shillings in January 1882. Acquired as Chelsea porcelain. |
| Production | The nozzles were added by Lady Charlotte Schreiber and are of Bow porcelain |
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| Literary reference | Aesop's Fables |
| Other number | Sch. I 222B&C - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:255/B&C-1885 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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