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Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory
White stoneware, moulded in parts, assembled, and salt-glazed. The candlestick is in the form of a gnarled tree-trunk growing on the left side of a high rocky base with a wavy edge, partly covered with moss, and hollow underneath. The trunk and its short branches are ornamented with small moulded flowers and serrated trefoil leaves. The candle-socket is formed by large overlapping leaves, and next to it, perching on a short branch is a bird resembling a pigeon.
History note: Frederick Rathbone, London, in March 1913; sold to Mr Sheldon; bought from Mr Sheldon by Cyril Andrade, London, who sold it for £50 on 29 March 1922 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 28.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
George II
Circa
1755
-
1765
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Base
Depth 12.5 cm
Width 15 cm
Decoration
off-white Stoneware
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label with dark blue line edging on left, top and right sides
Accession number: C.544-1928
Primary reference Number: 75479
Old object number: 3973
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Candlestick" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75479 Accessed: 2024-11-24 10:10:09
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