Candelabrum
ca. 1870 (made)
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Five-branched candelabrum of porcelain painted in turquoise-blue and gilded. In the form of two boys formed from the waist downwards as fishes, entwined together and supporting over their shoulder four curved branches richly moulded with scrolls and foliations all picked out in gold and turquoise-blue. The middle branch is similarly decorated and below the nozzle is a pear-shaped knob painted with a bird in a panel reserved on a turquoise-blue ground.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in turquoise-blue, moulded and gilded |
| Brief description | Five-branched candelabrum of porcelain painted in turquoise-blue and gilded, Stoke-on-Trent, ca. 1870. |
| Physical description | Five-branched candelabrum of porcelain painted in turquoise-blue and gilded. In the form of two boys formed from the waist downwards as fishes, entwined together and supporting over their shoulder four curved branches richly moulded with scrolls and foliations all picked out in gold and turquoise-blue. The middle branch is similarly decorated and below the nozzle is a pear-shaped knob painted with a bird in a panel reserved on a turquoise-blue ground. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Phillips and Pearce and Minton, with a globe Note Printed in brown |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Henry Louis Florence, Esq. |
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| Accession number | C.1236-1917 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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