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candlestick

Object NameCandlestick

Made FromLead Glass, Metal

Date1755-1765

Techniqueblown, enameled

SizeOverall H: 25.1 cm; Base Diam: 12.2 cm

Accession Number64.2.14 B

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Place Made

England, probably Southern Staffordshire

Physical DescriptionOpaque white lead glass; blown, enameled; enameled copper. (a) Tall-stemmed form with cylindrical candle cup, with flared rim, the sides with enameled floral spray with a multi-petaled pink and yellow flowers; double merese, flattened ball knop, and triple merese above a spirally twisted, finely ribbed stem; triple coil collar at the base, above three mereses; domed foot including a spray of pink, yellow and blue five-petaled flowers, and a brilliantly colored butterfly; rough pontil mark. (b) Cup-shaped top, on a cylindrical tube; enameled white, with floral sprays on the inside of the cup: one with a pink rose, a blue-and-yellow flower and a pink-and-blue flower; another with lavender-and-yellow flowers; another with pink flower; lavender wavy border at the center; the colors slightly more garish than 64.2.14 A.
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