Candlestick
ca. 1825 (made)
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Porcelain candlestick with glass shade. The candlestick has a gilt scrolled handle and perforated socket, and is painted round the tray with a landscape containing a cottage, river, boats, and two men fishing. The shade is bell-shaped and painted with a band containing a landscape, bridge, ruin and cows, on the border of a lake with distant mountains; round the rim and lower part are cut floral borders.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | The candlestick of porcelain enamelled in colours; the shade of cut and ground glass painted in colours and mounted in silver |
| Brief description | Porcelain candlestick with glass shade, Spode Ceramic Works, England (Stoke-on-Trent), ca. 1825 |
| Physical description | Porcelain candlestick with glass shade. The candlestick has a gilt scrolled handle and perforated socket, and is painted round the tray with a landscape containing a cottage, river, boats, and two men fishing. The shade is bell-shaped and painted with a band containing a landscape, bridge, ruin and cows, on the border of a lake with distant mountains; round the rim and lower part are cut floral borders. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'SPODE' written in gold - rare factory mark in use 1799-1833 |
| Credit line | Given by Miss H. M. Gulson in memory of Mr J. Spode. |
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| Accession number | 390-1899 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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