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Candlestick: C.2434-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Factory: Metal Pot Factory
Proprietor: Eenhoorn, Lambertus van

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with floral sprays

Earthenware, moulded and turned, tin-glazed and painted in blue. In the form of a pillar with projecting drip pan at the top, and a similar projection at its base, rising from a domed foot. The entire surface is spirally gadrooned. The stem is decorated with alternating spiral stripes of floral sprays and chains reserved in a blue ground. The gadroons on the drip pan, lower projection, and the foot are decorated with alternating different floral designs.

Notes

History note: Un unidentified Sotheby's sale c. 1900; bought with other items by Mr Aked of Green Street, Leicester Square; sold on receipt of a £1 deposit to an unidentified buyer, but sale not completed; bought from S.E. Mossel of Amsterdam, at 6 Manette Street, Charing Cross Road, London, for £10 on 9 November, 1904 by DrJ.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 10 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

17th Century, Late
William III and Mary II
Circa 1691 CE - 1700 CE

Note

The mark has also been attributed to Louwijs Victoorsz who ran the Double Jug factory (1688-1713), but is more likely to be that of Lambertus van Eenhoorn of the Metal Pot. A pair of comparable candlesticks, with the same monogram is at the Palace of Het Loo, in the Netherlands (see Documentation).

School or Style

Baroque

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt)
Part

Materials used in production

Tin-glazing
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: LVE monogram/2 or Z/o
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Painted in blue
  • Type: Factory mark

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2434-1928
Primary reference Number: 73510
Old object number: 1153

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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