1592996696000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-80566 1755194543512 1711380365000 1755194515997 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-80566 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/80566 bafe42c2-0715-3c6e-9cf3-b23fe3aefb5b 9 person reference agent-160537 adlib-agent-160537 1209481e-95fc-3452-bc92-82c1e51ecd30 Leda and the Swan person reference agent-150796 adlib-agent-150796 ec5a0c8a-e54c-3735-adea-0fd5dd14f994 Cupid reference term-37637 adlib-term-37637 89b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecb soft-paste porcelain greyish-blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, pink, puce, orange-red, pale grey, and black reference term-107563 adlib-term-107563 38dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ff enamels reference term-39593 adlib-term-39593 e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312d gold Decoration in greyish-blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, pink, puce, orange-red, pale grey, and black enamels reference term-120086 adlib-term-120086 cdecca31-5ec3-3fe3-9e5d-455d9771fda5 painting overglaze reference term-28681 adlib-term-28681 c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559 gilding Width cm 16.2 Across Scroll Feet reference term-107486 adlib-term-107486 234fe16e-17e4-3db8-881a-443636aac5ca classical mythology Applied Arts Soft-paste porcelain candlestick with Leda and the Swan accompanied by Cupid, slip cast, with hand-modelled details, lead-glazed, and painted in greyish-blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, pink, puce, orange-red, pale grey, and black enamels, and gilt. Soft-paste porcelain candlestick with Leda and the Swan accompanied by Cupid, slip cast, with hand-modelled details, lead-glazed, and painted in greyish-blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, pink, puce, orange-red, pale grey, and black enamels, and gilt. The concave underside is unglazed and has a large circular central ventilation hole. The roughly oval base is supported on four double scroll feet. The top of the front and sides are covered with applied flowers and leaves. At the back there is a tall tree with bocage of green leaves and clusters of small white flowers with blue centres. At the top it has a forward projection with a hole to take a candle socket. Leda sits in front of the tree with the swan standing close to her on the viewer's left, and Cupid standing on the right, stretching across to place his right hand on her left knee. C.32-1932 1 accession number C.32-1932 80566 priref 80566 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/80566 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/80566 on the underside of the base at back centre near the edge incised K mark a gold anchor on the back of the tree painted in gold mark reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson reference agent-180712 adlib-agent-180712 855e3948-593a-3b3c-9d66-028df74284fe Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs 1932 1932 1932 given Entry date: 1932 1760 1760 CE 1760 circa 1760 1770 The date of manufacture may be around 1765 1 1770 CE 1770 1770 factory reference agent-157802 adlib-agent-157802 e51ed5e2-3605-39a0-b953-487f1f622a3a Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory reference term-113160 adlib-term-113160 c2be1bf6-21bd-3f71-bc96-71c8ff2fa6f3 Gold anchor period (1759-69) reference term-113159 adlib-term-113159 4bdfb4a7-b307-3dfa-a3d6-8ada4683271e 18th Century, third quarter reference term-107437 adlib-term-107437 96f4b0d1-fc11-39ff-ae91-1b23d888d479 George III reference term-106216 adlib-term-106216 825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0 literal England England country London presumed lead reference term-107733 adlib-term-107733 00160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4 lead-glaze reference term-37637 adlib-term-37637 89b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecb soft-paste porcelain Height cm 25.7 reference media-214172 adlib-media-214172 fee86418-2be7-3661-b17d-811ae5c75fe3 jpeg 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candlestick with Leda and the Swan</value> media image reference media-865969465 portfolio portfolio-media-865969465 045f251c-53e7-3ab1-bb72-f6504bcafdcb jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/1/44/598/large_C_32_1932_3_201011_amt49_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 1365 width pixels 1024 1695947638000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/1/44/598/mid_C_32_1932_3_201011_amt49_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 667 width pixels 500 1695947638000 1 image C.32-1932_3_201011_amt49_mas.tif 1695947638000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/1/44/598/preview_C_32_1932_3_201011_amt49_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 333 width pixels 250 1695947638000 1 image 11 <primary>1</primary> <type>main title</type> <value>Chelsea Porcelain candlestick with Leda and the Swan</value> media image reference term-68009 adlib-term-68009 91f3a501-d5d5-3088-afd6-87f5515a9250 candlestick mythological candlestick history note Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth 1 reference object-80559 adlib-object-80559 069cdb1c-67bb-37f8-934d-83c8765fc856 1 reference 1 term-68009 adlib-term-68009 91f3a501-d5d5-3088-afd6-87f5515a9250 candlestick candlestick reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Ref. This candlestick and the pair with Venus and Cupid, are D 38 and D 37 respectively in Bradshaw's list of Chelsea Gold Anchor figures, see p. 294, Appendix D. Cf. An example of Leda and the Swan, p. 118, pl. 44 (photo Sotheby Parke Bernet) 294, 118 reference publication-2721 adlib-publication-2721 2c88b854-02af-3d32-8222-0e69e8451a7d Eighteenth Century English Porcelain Figures 1745-1795 Ref. Nightingale notes the following references to these candlesticks: 'The Catalogue of all the Remaining curious and truly matchless Pieces of the Chelsea Porcelain' sold by Mr Christie from 14-17 February, 1770, mentioned, on the second day, 15 February, lot 79 'A pair of gold candlesticks with Venus and Leda' which fetched £2. 11s. 0d., and on the third day, 16 February, lot 70 'A pair of candlesticks, with Venus and Leda'. 7, 10 reference publication-2576 adlib-publication-2576 870654a9-2aff-3144-bcc3-8758472e4399 Contributions towards the History of Early English Porcelain from Contemporary Sources Cf. An example with the pair of Venus and Cupid, described as 'mythological candlesticks' in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, pl. 45, fig. 71, and pp. 91-2, fig. 71. Both candlesticks bear an iimpressed K and the gold anchor mark. 91-2 reference publication-2614 adlib-publication-2614 bd0c2e2e-8e28-3664-bf00-fe50da012352 Chelsea and other English Porcelain, Pottery and Enamel in the Irwin Untermyer Collection reference publication-3308 adlib-publication-3308 17da9399-049f-381c-8893-63a0407f7c99 Old English Porcelain. The Lady Ludlow Collection reference term-9010 adlib-term-9010 ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6 Rococo reference term-68009 adlib-term-68009 91f3a501-d5d5-3088-afd6-87f5515a9250 candlestick candlestick Soft-paste porcelain, slip cast, with hand-modelled details, lead-glazed, and painted in greyish-blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, pink, puce, orange-red, pale grey, and black enamels, and gilt. reference term-120096 adlib-term-120096 7cc05306-f07e-3189-849f-52addb9e2ca7 slip-casting except for underside of base reference term-120062 adlib-term-120062 d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206 lead-glazing <value>Candlestick with Leda and the Swan accompanied by Cupid</value> object OBJECT