1592970444000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-80559 1755194543544 1711380364000 1755194515997 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-80559 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/80559 069cdb1c-67bb-37f8-934d-83c8765fc856 6 person reference agent-139324 adlib-agent-139324 412c46d0-b7b7-3980-8ca2-6c1babc8909a Venus person reference agent-150796 adlib-agent-150796 ec5a0c8a-e54c-3735-adea-0fd5dd14f994 Cupid reference term-37637 adlib-term-37637 89b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecb soft-paste porcelain greyish-blue, green, yellow, flesh-pink, pink, puce, orange-red, and pale grey reference term-107563 adlib-term-107563 38dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ff enamels reference term-39593 adlib-term-39593 e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312d gold Decoration in greyish-blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, pink, puce, orange-red, and pale grey enamels reference term-120086 adlib-term-120086 cdecca31-5ec3-3fe3-9e5d-455d9771fda5 painting overglaze reference term-28681 adlib-term-28681 c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559 gilding Width cm 16.2 Across Scroll Feet reference term-1111 adlib-term-1111 46c949dd-f376-3538-878f-397baee5be09 mythology Applied Arts Soft-paste porcelain Candlestick with Venus and Cupid, slip cast, with hand-modelled details, lead-glazed, and painted in greyish-blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, pink, puce, orange-red, and pale grey enamels, and gilt. Soft-paste porcelain Candlestick with Venus and Cupid, slip cast, lead-glazed, and painted in greyish-blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, pink, puce, orange-red, and pale grey enamels, and gilt. The concave underside is unglazed and has a large circular central ventilation hole. The roughly oval base is supported on four double scroll feet. The top of the front is covered with applied flowers and leaves. At the back there is a tall tree with two low lateral branches, and higher up, bocage with green leaves and clusters of small white flowers with yellow centres. At the top it has a forward projection with a hole to take a candle socket. Venus sits in front of the tree with her left arm raised and her right arm round Cupid, who stands to the left of her. He looks up towards her, raising his right arm, leaning back and raising his left leg so that the foot rests on the lowest branch of the tree. On the right of Venus, two doves stand on the side of the tree. C.33-1932 1 accession number C.33-1932 80559 priref 80559 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/80559 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/80559 on the underside at back centre near the edge incised K mark on the back of the tree painted in gold a gold anchor mark reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson reference agent-180712 adlib-agent-180712 855e3948-593a-3b3c-9d66-028df74284fe Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs 1932 1932 1932 given Entry date: 1932 1760 1760 CE 1760 circa 1760 1770 1 1770 CE 1770 1770 factory reference agent-157802 adlib-agent-157802 e51ed5e2-3605-39a0-b953-487f1f622a3a Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory reference term-113160 adlib-term-113160 c2be1bf6-21bd-3f71-bc96-71c8ff2fa6f3 Gold anchor period (1759-69) reference term-113159 adlib-term-113159 4bdfb4a7-b307-3dfa-a3d6-8ada4683271e 18th Century, third quarter reference term-107437 adlib-term-107437 96f4b0d1-fc11-39ff-ae91-1b23d888d479 George III reference term-106216 adlib-term-106216 825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0 literal England England country London presumed lead reference term-107733 adlib-term-107733 00160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4 lead-glaze reference term-37637 adlib-term-37637 89b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecb soft-paste porcelain Height cm 25.7 reference term-68009 adlib-term-68009 91f3a501-d5d5-3088-afd6-87f5515a9250 candlestick history note Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth 1 reference object-74521 adlib-object-74521 30da9831-1cf0-3c69-a031-b8d0d34bfd9b

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1 reference 1 term-68009 adlib-term-68009 91f3a501-d5d5-3088-afd6-87f5515a9250 candlestick

candlestick reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Ref. This model and its pair with Leda and the Swan, are D 37 and D 38 respectively in Bradshaw's list of Chelsea figures. 294 reference publication-2721 adlib-publication-2721 2c88b854-02af-3d32-8222-0e69e8451a7d Eighteenth Century English Porcelain Figures 1745-1795 Ref. Nightingale records the following reference to this model and its pair: Mr Christie's Catalogue of all the Remaining curious and truly matchless pieces of Chelsea porcelain, held from 14th to 17th February 1770 mentioned on the second day, 15th February as lot 79 'A pair of gold candlesticks, with Venus and Leda' which fetched £2.11s.0d., andon the third day, 16th February, lot 70, 'A pair of candlesticks, with Venus and Leda'. 7, 10 reference publication-2576 adlib-publication-2576 870654a9-2aff-3144-bcc3-8758472e4399 Contributions towards the History of Early English Porcelain from Contemporary Sources Cf. An example with the pair of Leda and the Swan, described as 'mythological candlesticks', pl. 45, fig. 71, and pp. 91-2, fig. 71. Both candlesticks bear an incised K and the gold anchor mark. 91-2 reference publication-2614 adlib-publication-2614 bd0c2e2e-8e28-3664-bf00-fe50da012352 Chelsea and other English Porcelain, Pottery and Enamel in the Irwin Untermyer Collection reference publication-3308 adlib-publication-3308 17da9399-049f-381c-8893-63a0407f7c99 Old English Porcelain. The Lady Ludlow Collection reference term-9010 adlib-term-9010 ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6 Rococo

reference term-68009 adlib-term-68009 91f3a501-d5d5-3088-afd6-87f5515a9250 candlestick

candlestick Soft-paste porcelain, slip cast, with hand-modelled details, lead-glazed, and painted in greyish-blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, pink, puce, orange-red, and pale grey enamels, and gilt. reference term-120096 adlib-term-120096 7cc05306-f07e-3189-849f-52addb9e2ca7 slip-casting except for underside of base reference term-120062 adlib-term-120062 d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206 lead-glazing object OBJECT