Figural Candlestick
ca. 1770 (made)
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Candlestick, of smoke-stained glazed hard-paste porcelain, formed as a figure of a gardener with flowers standing in front of a tree on a high pedestal covered with applied flowers and supported on symmetrical rococo scrolled feet; she carries a basket containing flowers hung by the arch handle on her left hand, and the trunk of the tree forms a support for the candle nozzle, which is missing
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Smoke-stained glazed hard-paste porcelain |
| Brief description | Candlestick, of smoke-stained glazed hard-paste porcelain, formed as a figure of a gardener with flowers standing in front of a tree on a high pedestal covered with applied flowers and supported on symmetrical rococo scrolled feet, Plymouth Porcelain Factory, ca. 1770 |
| Physical description | Candlestick, of smoke-stained glazed hard-paste porcelain, formed as a figure of a gardener with flowers standing in front of a tree on a high pedestal covered with applied flowers and supported on symmetrical rococo scrolled feet; she carries a basket containing flowers hung by the arch handle on her left hand, and the trunk of the tree forms a support for the candle nozzle, which is missing |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | The brownish colour is the result of smoke-staining during firing. One of a pair of candlesticks with 414:689-1885 (Sch. I 685) Lady Charlotte Schreiber purchased the pair from Captain Lee's sale, Christie's, for £19 8 shillings 6 pence in June 1873 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 685A - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:689/A-1885 |
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| Record created | February 3, 2009 |
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