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one of a pair of candlesticks
Silversmith: I. K
Silver, cast baluster shaped, decorated with Rococo scrolls and flowers, with detachable nozzle (with MAR.M.11.2 & A-1912)
Silver; the cast stem has an urn-shaped sconce over a baluster-shaped and a circular knop, all of which is heavily decorated with scrolls and flowers on a matted ground. The trumpet-shaped circular base with roccaille caylix, standing on six feet in the shape of flowers or scrolls. The datachable nozzle has a border of leaves and buds.
History note: Not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Weight: 990 g
Weight: 31: 16 oz: dwt
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
18th Century, Late
George III
1773
CE
-
1774
CE
Maker's mark not identified
Base
Diameter 16.5 cm
Diameter 6½ in
Top Of Nozzle
Height 30 cm
Height 11⅞ in
Decoration
Inscription present: lion passant
Accession number: MAR.M.11.1 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 119223
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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