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one of a pair of candlesticks
Silversmith: Winter & Co, John
Silver; Neoclassical, corinthian capitals, oak leaf spiral round the column, urns and foliage on the square base.
Silver; stamped from sheet metal and filled with pitch or plaster of Paris; the base with a metal plug covered in green baize. The sconce formed as a Corinthian capital. The plain column is decorated with a spiral of oak leaves and acorns. The domed square base has two gadrooned borders above and below the four sides, three of which contain a Classical urn, the forth contains a vacant oval cartouche; the corners are decorated with scrolling foliage. The shaped square pull-off nozzles have a gadrooned border. (with MAR.M.22.1 & A-1912)
History note: Not known before testator
Height: 32.2 cm
Height: 12⅝ in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912-06-18) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
18th Century, third quarter
George III
1774
CE
-
1775
CE
Base
Base 5¼ in
Width 13.2 cm
Decoration
Stamping (forming)
: The components of the candlestick were stamped from sheet metal, which was then seamed and filled with pitch or plaster of Paris. The decoration was chased.
Seaming
Inscription present: lion passant
Inscription present: crown
Inscription present: small gothic
Accession number: MAR.M.22.2 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 158342
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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