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Candlestick: C.545-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

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Description

White salt-glazed stoneware in the form of a tree stump with birds perching in its branches, and a stag crouching on the base

White stoneware, moulded in parts, assembled and salt-glazed. The candlestick is in the form of a gnarled tree-stump with four branches and at the top, a candle socket formed by overlapping leaves. Separately moulded flowers and leaves are applied to it, and six small birds perch at intervals on the branches and trunk. The trunk rises from a flat base on which is a crouching stag, and applied leaves and flowers. The underside of the base is flat and is pierced by two ventilation holes under the stag.

Notes

History note: Cyril Andrade, London; sold for £130 on 30 July 30, 1924 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 28.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa 1755 - 1765

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Surface composed of salt-glaze
Base Width 17 cm

Materials used in production

off-white Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Moulding

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.545-1928
Primary reference Number: 75481
Old object number: 4441

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

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

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