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Candlestick: C.562-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory (Probably)

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Description

White stoneware, moulded, and salt-glazed

White stoneware moulded, and salt-glazed. The candlestick is in the form of a Corinthian column with a square drip-pan with gadrooned edges at the top. It rises from the raised centre of a square base with relief decoration on its upper surface

Notes

History note: Mr Stoner, London, from whom purchased for £11 on 1 August 1917 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 31.7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
George II or George III
Circa 1760 CE - 1775 CE

Note

This candlestick is similar to the form of silver and Sheffield plate candlesticks.

School or Style

Neoclassical

Components of the work

Surface composed of salt-glaze
Base Depth 12.6 cm Width 12.5 cm

Materials used in production

off-white Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : Off-white stoneware, press-moulded and salt-glazed
Salt-glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: octagonal white paper stick-on label with a Prussian blue line round the sides and top

  • Text: No 4234./White saltglaze/candlestick/like a Corinthian/'column.\b. in London/Augt, 1917
  • Location: On underside of base
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.562-1928
Primary reference Number: 75534
Old object number: 4234

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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