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Candlestick: C.193-2015

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Glasshouse: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Clear blown and moulded lead-glass (?). The candlestick has a plain nozzle with a turned out rim and a bulb at the bottom resting on a gadrooned calyx and two anulets. The stem comprises a four-sided panel-moulded pedestal containing an elongated tear, a depressed ball knop and two anulets, rising from a high squat bell-shaped foot.

Notes

History note: Howard Philips from whom purchased in November 1986; Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor, St Andrew's, Fife; Sir Ivor died on 24 April 2005; on loan since 2006 (Syndicate of 30 January)

Legal notes

Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund

Measurements and weight

Height: 20.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady

Dating

George I
George II
17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early#
Circa 1715 CE - 1725 CE

Note

Place of manufacture uncertain. On accession it was described as soda-glass and probably Continental, but may be English.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Foot Diameter 11 cm
Part

Materials used in production

Lead-glass

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: small rectangular white paper stick-on label

  • Text: 59
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.193-2015
Primary reference Number: 206883
Old object number: 59
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.195-2006
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 20 October 2015 Updated: Tuesday 12 June 2018 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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