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One of two gilt pinewood wall sconces with a single light, carved and decorated with a pastoral scene. Of regular cartouche shape with feather cresting, and acanthus foliage with diaper decoration. With an old man in a fur hat by a bonfire, a peasant cutting wood and two boys sliding down a slope on a sled.
Related object: M.32B-1961.
Bequeathed by Louis C. G. Clarke, 1960.
Depth: 28.2 cm
Height: 63.0 cm
Width: 46.0 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1960) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Early 18th Century
Régence
Circa
1715
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Circa
1723
Originally part of a larger group representing the months or seasons?
Accession number: M.32A-1961
Primary reference Number: 77270
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Wall sconce" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77270 Accessed: 2023-05-29 17:56:03
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Accession Number: M.32B-1961
Accession Number: M.52A-1961
Accession Number: M.52B-1961
Accession Number: C.317-1991
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