IDENTIFIERS
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id:	158297
accession number:	M.8.2 & A-1950

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 5 September 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Silver, the cast candlestick has an urn-shaped sconce on a square vase-shaped column with shell corners.  This is over a knop decorated with masks of men and women in medieval headresses.  The foot has a central circular well; the shaped square sides are stepped and in each of the four corners is a large mask of a women with flowing hair or a bearded man.  The detachable nozzle has an applied moulded border. Both the stick and the nozzle are engraved with a crest.  E.L is engraved under the foot. (a pair with M.8.1 & A-1950)
object type: silver; cast, shaped square decorated with masks and shells
title:	candlestick

NOTES
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type: history note
value: not known before testator; retained during her lifetime by Mrs Riches


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
creditline: T.H. Riches Bequest, 1935

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/158297





CATEGORIES
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category: silver

DATING
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creation date:	1733 - 1734
creation date earliest:	1733
creation date latest:	1734
culture:	18th Century, Mid
culture:	George II

CREATORS
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maker: Archambo, Peter I

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 910

dimension: Weight
units: oz: dwt
value: 29: 5



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Refugee Silver: Huguenots in Britain
CITATIONS
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London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their marks and lives, from original registers at Goldsmiths' Hall and other sources
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