Candelabrum
ca. 1840 (made)
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Large, extravagant candelabra were another exhibition commonplace. T.J. and N. Creswick was a successful Sheffield firm, which showed at the Great Exhibition of 1851. This candelabrum is not an exhibition piece, but shows the kind of thing that the Creswicks might have displayed. In the year after the Great Exhibition, the Creswicks opened a retail outlet in London. This success is perhaps surprising, as they were still happy to produce Sheffield Plate, which was otherwise being killed off by the success of Elkington's electroplating process. In this candelabrum the two techniques are mixed.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 19 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Electroplated nickel silver with stamped details in Sheffield Plate |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Mark of T. J. and N. Creswick |
| Credit line | R. E. Jerome Bequest |
| Object history | Bequeathed by R.E. Jerome Large, extravagant candelabra were another exhibition commonplace. T.J. and N. Creswick was a successful Sheffield firm, which showed at the Great Exhibition of 1851. This candelabrum is not an exhibition piece, but shows the kind of thing that the Creswicks might have displayed. In the year after the Great Exhibition, the Creswicks opened a retail outlet in London. This success is perhaps surprising, as they were still happy to produce Sheffield Plate, which was otherwise being killed off by the success of Elkington's electroplating process. In this candelabrum the two techniques are mixed. |
| Summary | Large, extravagant candelabra were another exhibition commonplace. T.J. and N. Creswick was a successful Sheffield firm, which showed at the Great Exhibition of 1851. This candelabrum is not an exhibition piece, but shows the kind of thing that the Creswicks might have displayed. In the year after the Great Exhibition, the Creswicks opened a retail outlet in London. This success is perhaps surprising, as they were still happy to produce Sheffield Plate, which was otherwise being killed off by the success of Elkington's electroplating process. In this candelabrum the two techniques are mixed. |
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| Accession number | M.4:1 to 13-1994 |
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| Record created | March 10, 2004 |
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