IDENTIFIERS
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id:	140611
accession number:	M.60A-1961

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 28 November 2018

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Silver; the circular base is slightly shaped and divided into four panels surrounded by an ovolo edge.  The domed centre supports an urn-shaped sconce with a pair of ram's masks holding two floral swags. (with M.60B-1961)
object type: silver; short candlesticks with two ram's head masks holding floral swags
title:	candlestick

NOTES
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type: history note
value: not known before testator, Louis C.G. Clarke, MA, LL.D., Cambridge


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Louis C. G. Clarke
creditline: L.C.G. Clarke, Beuqest, 1960

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140611


SUBJECTS
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ram
ram



TECHNIQUES
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the candlestick was cast in parts, which were soldered, and the decoration was chased.
casting

CATEGORIES
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category: silver

DATING
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creation date:	1774 - 1775
creation date earliest:	1774
creation date latest:	1775
culture:	18th Century, Late
culture:	Louis XV (1715-1774) or Louis XVI (1774- 1792)

CREATORS
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maker: Chéret, Jean-Baptiste-François

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 273

dimension: Weight
units: oz:dwt
value: 8:15



CITATIONS
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Les Poinçons de Paris: Répertoire des maîtres-orfèvres de la jurisdiction de Paris depuis le moyen-âge jusqu'à la fin du XVIIIe siècle
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