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Electrotype Copy

ca. 1600 (made), ca. 1872 (electrotyping)
Artist/Maker
Franchi and Son (Messrs.) (cast-maker)
Censore, Orazio (artist)
Place of origin
Rome (made)
London (electrotyping)
Milan (made)

Electrotype copy of an Italian candelabrum after the bronze original in Chester Cathedral.

Object details

Categories
Sculpture
Lighting
Christianity
Object type
Electrotype copy
Materials and techniques
Electrotype copy
Bronzed Copper
Electrotyping
Brief description
Electrotype, bronzed copper, after the original bronze candelabrum in Chester Cathedral, England, possibly by Orazio Censore, in Rome or Milan, around 1600. Cast by Giovanni Franchi and Son in London, 1872.
Physical description
Electrotype copy of an Italian candelabrum after the bronze original in Chester Cathedral.
Dimensions
  • Height: 236.5cm
  • Base width: 79.5cm
Gallery label
(2014)
Electrotype copies were more expensive than plaster casts so large scale examples are relatively rare. The Museum's 1872 'List of Reproductions' makes special mention of the 'richly decorated' garlands of fruit and flowers and the three lion feet on this candelabrum. Electrotyping replicated the decoration more accurately than would a plaster copy. The original is one of a pair of Italian candelabra given to Chester Cathedral in 1880 by the Duke of Westminster.
Object history
Purchased from Giovanni Franchi in 1872 for £110.
Historical context
After one of a pair of candlesticks presented to Chester Cathedral by the Duke of Westminster in about 1880. The candelabra are said to have come from the Church of S. Tommaso in Milan, but are related to three pairs of candelabra in Rome by Orazio Censore (d. 1622): one in S. Trinità dei Pellegrini and two in S. Andrea della Valle.
Subject depicted
Candelabra
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
REPRO.1872-430

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Record createdJuly 12, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O41516/electrotype-copy-censore-orazio/
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